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Ambrosius Benson #3,717Established

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personItalian, 1495–1550lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidenceplay_circleStream Art
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Selected Works39

Museum Acquisitions

Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Louvre
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums
Basel Art Museum
Basel Art Museum
Ashmolean
Ashmolean
Yale University Art Gallery
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
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
National Museum, Warsaw

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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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Lamentation
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1982 · Accession 1982.60.23 · Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Madonna mit Kind (Mitteltafel); hll. Andreas und Franziskus (Flügelinnenseiten)
Kunstmuseum Basel · Basel, Switzerland · Acquired 1958 · Accession G 1958.10 · Öl auf Eichenholz
The Holy Family
Ashmolean Museum · Oxford, United Kingdom · Acquired 1951 · Accession WA1951.51.8 · oil on panel
X-radiograph(s) of "Bishop and Donor (Madonna and Child for left part of diptich)"
Harvard Art Museums · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Acquired 1948 · Accession Straus.4737 · Photographs
The Holy Family in a Landscape
Ashmolean Museum · Oxford, United Kingdom · Acquired 1945 · Accession WA1945.62 · oil on panel
The Magdalen Reading
National Gallery · London, United Kingdom · Acquired 1860 · Accession NG655 · Oil on wood (probably oak)
Maria mit Kind
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen · Munich, Germany · Acquired 1825 · Accession WAF 60 · Eichenholz
Concert
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1600 · bois
La Vierge et l'Enfant avec sainte Barbe et sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1550 · huile sur bois
Le Concert après le repas
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1550 · huile sur bois
Deipara Virgo
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) · Antwerpen, Belgium · Acquired 1530 · Accession 262 · oil on panel
Jeune femme en oraison, lisant un livre d'heures
Louvre · Paris, France · Acquired 1530 · huile sur bois
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death
Ambrosius Benson dies
Jan 1, 1550
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birth
Ambrosius Benson born
Jan 1, 1495