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Acquisition d’un portrait de femme d’Ambrosius Benson par le Saint Louis Art Museum

Ambrosius Benson (vers 1490/1495-1550)
Portrait de femme tenant un rosaire
Huile sur panneau - 40 x 32,4 cm
Saint Louis, Art Museum
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13/2/04 – Acquisition – Saint Louis, Art Museum – Un Portrait de femme tenant un rosaire par Ambrosius Benson (vers 1490/1495-1550) vient d’enrichir la très belle collection de peintures anciennes et modernes du Saint Louis Art Museum [1]. D’origine lombarde, Benson est un suiveur sensible de Gérard David dans ses multiples Vierge à l’enfant et ses Madeleine, poursuivant assez tard le style doux brugeois de la fin du XVe siècle (Van der Goes, Menling, David). Il a aussi laissé de très nombreux portraits où l’influence de la Renaissance est plus notable puisqu’ils se rapprochent, sur un mode mineur, des…

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