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Ambrosius Benson #3,679Established

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personItalian, 1495–1550lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidenceplay_circleStream Art
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Selected Works45

Museum Acquisitions

16 Institutions
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Met
Sainsbury Wing
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Basel Art Museum
Basel Art Museum
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Yale University Art Gallery
Art Gallery of South Australia
Toledo Museum of Art
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Israel Museum
Museo Thyssen Bornemisza
Berlin State Museums
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Previous Sales 16

Sotheby's
Saint Mary Magdalene Reading an Illuminated Manuscript
Saint Mary Magdalene Reading an Illuminated Manuscript
$900,000
Feb 2025
Christie's
A Triptych: the central panel: The Lamentation, with The Deposition beyond; the wings: Saint Anthony Abbot, a burning city beyond; and Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata
A Triptych: the central panel: The Lamentation, with The Deposition beyond; the wings: Saint Anthony Abbot, a burning city beyond; and Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata
£75,600 ($100k USD)
Jul 2024
Sotheby's
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
$103,308
Jul 2023
Christie's
The Lamentation
The Lamentation
Bought In
Jun 2022
Sotheby's
Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar
Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar
Unknown
Jan 2022
Christie's
Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi
£431,250 ($569k USD)
Dec 2019
Christie's
Portrait of Jean Wyts, Watergraaf of Mechelen (d. 1533), half-length, in a cap and fur-trimmed jacket, holding a rod of office in his left hand
Portrait of Jean Wyts, Watergraaf of Mechelen (d. 1533), half-length, in a cap and fur-trimmed jacket, holding a rod of office in his left hand
£134,500 ($178k USD)
Dec 2015
Christie's
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
€75,000 ($83k USD)
Jan 2015
Christie's
The Virgin and Child
The Virgin and Child
£153,600 ($203k USD)
Apr 2006
Christie's
Saint Mary Magdalen reading
Saint Mary Magdalen reading
$23,500
Jan 2001
Christie's
The Deposition
The Deposition
£26,450 ($35k USD)
Apr 1998
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
um 1495 Mailand – 1550 Brügge
um 1495 Mailand – 1550 Brügge
Bought In
Dec 2024
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
um 1495 Lombardei – 1550 Brügge, Kreis des
um 1495 Lombardei – 1550 Brügge, Kreis des
€22,000 ($24k USD)
Dec 2023
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
um 1495 Mailand – um 1550 Brügge
um 1495 Mailand – um 1550 Brügge
€60,000 ($66k USD)
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
A triptych of the Lamentation
A triptych of the Lamentation
$2,297,321
Jul 2008
Christie's
Portrait of lady wearing dark costume and a white headdress, holding a cat
Portrait of lady wearing dark costume and a white headdress, holding a cat
$1,422,192
Dec 2000

For Sale 1

Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) · Artsy
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man, 1530
For sale
Oil on panel
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Market136 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$23.5K – $1.4M
3 of 6 paintings lots with prices
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$292K
Object-type specific
show_chartPaintings Median
$66.0K
3 priced paintings lots
calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale
Dec 2023 · $24.2K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Paintings: $66.0K medianSculpture/objects: $500K medianUnclassified lots: $2.3M median
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Sotheby'sChristie'sHampel Fine Art Auctions
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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions0

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Ambrosius Benson dies
Jan 1, 1550
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Ambrosius Benson born
Jan 1, 1495
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