Man with a Quill

Artist Ambrosius Benson Italian and South Netherlandish, b. circa 1495, Lombardy, possibly Milan; d. 1550, Bruges

Datecirca 1530–1545

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (54 x 41.9 cm)
Frame: 28 7/8 x 24 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (73.3 x 61.9 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.91

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated Flanders [present day Belgium]. [A. S. Drey, Munich, 1929]; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York]; C. J. Ryan, 1938. [M. Knoedler and Co., New York]; sold to NCMA, 1955.
Published ReferencesW. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 108, illus. (b-w).

"Restoration," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), mentioned 16.

Dr. Charles R. Mack, "Lost and Found: A St. Mary Magdalene by Ambrosius Benson," Collections, Vol. 5, no. 4/S3 (Fall 1993), 9, illus. 11, fig. 6.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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