Workshop of Ambrosius Benson Lombardy (?) late 15th century - before 1550 Bruges

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Description

Ambrosius Benson
Saint Jerome in the wilderness
oil on panel

Provenance

In the family of the present owners since 1953.

Exhibited

Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Schilderijen uit Gentse Verzamelingen, 28 March - 31 May 1953, cat. no. 18, reproduced plate VIII;
Malines, Comité Stad Mechelen Expo 58, Margareta van Oostenrijk en haar hof, 26 July - 15 September 1958, cat. no. 3;
Toledo, Vlaamse Kunst, May - June 1969, cat. no. 13 (according to a label on the reverse).

Literature

G. Marlier, Ambrosius Benson, Damme 1957, pp. 211 and 306, no. 91bis.

Catalogue Note

According to Marlier this painting is a second version of a painting of Saint Jerome in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp (inv. no. 32; see M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, vol XI, Leiden/Brussels 1974, p. 98, no. 272, reproduced plate 174). This primary version, of approximately the same measurements, was once attributed to Lambert Lombard (1506-1566). Marlier describes the present painting as also close to Jan van Hemessen (1490/1510-1575/9).