BENING, Simon
(b. 1483, Ghent, d. 1561, Bruges)

Beatty Rosary

c. 1530
Manuscript (W. 99), 124 x 84 mm
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

On the left side of this double page (folios 23v and 24r) the miniature shows the 12-year-old Christ among the Doctors in the Temple. On the left of this asymmetric composition are Mary and Joseph, who have come to look for their son, who has gone to the Temple without telling them.