# Beatty Rosary [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BENING, Simon]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Manuscript \(W. 99\), 124 x 84 mm ## Commentary Beatty Rosary c. 1530 Manuscript \(W. 99\), 124 x 84 mm Chester Beatty Library, Dublin This double page shows the Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan on the left, faced by the paternoster on the right. Beyond the River Jordan, the viewer's eye wanders across a deep landscape till it meets the jagged skyline of Jerusalem. The composition, of which more than one-third consists of a landscape, seems to be inspired both generally and in its details by Netherlandish panel painting of the early 16th century, such as the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/david/2/trompes.html'\)" href="/html/d/david/2/trompes.html">work of Gerard David</a> and Joachim <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/patenier/baptism.html'\)" href="/html/p/patenier/baptism.html">Patenier.</a> The illuminator used these models as a basis for creating completely autonomous masterpieces of his own. ## Related artworks - [Beatty Rosary]() - [Beatty Rosary]() - [Flemish Calendar]() - [Flemish Calendar]() - [Flemish Calendar]() - [Flower Book of Hours]() - [Flower Book of Hours]() - [Genealogy of the Infante Dom Fernando of Portugal]() - [Genealogy of the Infante Dom Fernando of Portugal]() - [Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda and Mencía de Mendoza]() - [Landscape with St Jerome]() - [Penitent St Jerome]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()