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Self Portrait 1550
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: Simon Bening
A hand-painted oil reproduction of the Self Portrait 1550 by Simon Bening, faithful to the original likeness and painted on canvas with visible brushwork and depth.
Description
Description
An old man looks out from the surface of the vellum, his face rendered with the same close attention that Simon Bening gave to the tiny figures crowding his calendar pages and books of hours. This is a face that held the attention of the painter because it was his own, set down late in a long working life spent almost entirely on a small scale, and the shift to a self portrait of this size and directness marks a departure worth noticing.
About Self Portrait
Bening worked chiefly as an illuminator in Bruges and Ghent, and by 1550 he was among the last of the great manuscript painters, his career stretching from the final flowering of Flemish illumination into an age increasingly given over to panel painting and print. The self portrait carries that background with it: the modelling of the skin, the precision at the edges of the collar and cap, and the restrained palette of browns, greys, and warm flesh tones all show a hand trained on fine detail rather than broad effect. Light falls quietly across the face, picking out the folds of skin and the steadiness of the gaze, while the background stays plain and dark, so that nothing competes with the sitter.
The painters at ByMuseum work from close study of the original, matching its colour and its quiet handling of light before a brush ever touches canvas. Each hand-painted oil painting reproduction is built up in layers on artist-grade canvas, so the surface carries real texture, the kind of worked edge and depth that a printed copy cannot hold. The result is a replica painting made by hand, not a mechanical copy, and it is treated with the same patience the original demanded.
The hand-painted reproduction
What survives the move from vellum to canvas is the likeness itself: the set of the eyes, the exact tone of the skin, the plainness of the dress and the background that Bening chose so the face would carry the whole picture. Getting these right matters more than size or material, since they are what make the portrait recognisable as his own image and not simply a face. That fidelity is the point of the reproduction, and it is what this piece is built to preserve.
- Hand-painted in oil on canvas by a trained artist
- Available in multiple sizes to suit any wall
- Gallery-ready presentation, ready to hang on arrival
- Certificate of authenticity included with every order
- Free worldwide shipping, with no shipping charge to any country
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
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Real brushwork, layered oil paint, and durable pigments on museum-quality canvas.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
Select a handcrafted frame and we’ll deliver your painting fully assembled, protected, and ready to hang.
For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
Stretched Canvas
Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
Gallery Wrap
Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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