Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy, late 15th Century-1550, Bruges) and Studio

Saint Luke

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Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy, late 15th Century-1550, Bruges) and Studio
Saint Luke
oil on oak panel
16 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (42.5 x 31.1 cm.)

with Colnaghi’s, London, 1902.
Friedrich Schwarz, Vienna.
Emil Weinberger, Vienna; his sale, Glückselig, Vienna, 22-24 October 1929 [= 1st day], lot 443.
with J. Perdoux, Paris.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1930.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.

G. Hulin de Loo, Bruges. Exposition des tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe, et XVIe siécles. Catalogue critique, Ghent, 1902, no. 187, as ‘Isenbrandt’.
W.H.J. Waele, ‘Early Painters of the Netherlands as Illustrated by the Bruges Exhibition of 1902’, The Burlington Magazine, vol. II, no. VI, August 1903, p. 331, illustrated p. 327, as ‘Isenbrandt’.
M.J. Friedländer, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, 1903, p. 25, as ‘Isenbrandt’.
E.V. Bodenhausen, Gerard David und seine Schule, Munich, 1905, no. 92.
G. Marlier, Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint, Damme, 1957, pp. 306 and 261, no. 90, pl. LXXIV.
M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, Leiden, 1967-74, XI, p. 98, no. 273, pl. 174, as ‘Ambrosius Benson’.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums. An Index of Oil Paintings in Public Collections in The Netherlands by Artists born before 1870, London, 1980, p. 28, as ‘Ambrosius Benson’.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 36, no. 145, illustrated, as ‘Ambrosius Benson’.

Bruges, Gruuthusepalais, Expositions des primitifs flamands et d’art ancient, 15 June-15 September 1902, no. 187, as ‘Master of the Mater Dolorosa’.
Amsterdam, Jacques Goudstikker Gallery, Catalogue des Nouvelles Acquisitions de la Collection Goudstikker, April-May 1930, no. 2.
Delft, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, De Schilder en zijn wereld, J. van Eyck tot van Gogh en Ensor, 19 December 1964-24 January 1965, no. 5.
‘s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, on loan.

Specialist note

This panel has generally been accepted as a work by Ambrosius Benson, a key figure of 16th century Bruges and a continuator of the great pictorial tradition established by Gérard David. Benson ran a large workshop, which makes it highly likely that there is some studio participation in this work. It is tempting to see the distinctive figure of Saint Luke, with his aquiline nose and prominent chin, as a self-portrait of this enigmatic artist.

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