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Ambrosius Benson: Madonna and Child   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Ambrosius Benson  (circa 1495
date QS:P,+1495–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1550)  wikidata:Q459626
 
Ambrosius Benson
Alternative names
Ambrosius Bentsoen
Description Flemish painter
Date of birth/death circa 1495
date QS:P,+1495-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 12 January 1550 (buried)
Location of birth/death Northern Italy Bruges
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artist QS:P170,Q459626
Title
Madonna and Child
Date 16th century
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil and gold on oak wood
Dimensions height: 36.8 cm (14.4 in); width: 28.6 cm (11.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,28.6U174728
Anonymous owner
Unidentified location  
 
Description 16th-century painting with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location"
and year.
Object history Schulte, Stuttgart; sale, Helbing, Munich, 27-28 March 1935, lot 461.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2000, lot 10, where acquired by the late owner.
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5868439 (sale 3709, lot 240, New York, 29 January 2015)

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