Master of the Flemish Boethius

The Master of the Flemish Boethius was a miniaturist active in Flanders in the last quarter of the 15th century.

The earliest miniatures attributed to the Master of the Flemish Boethius are found in a religious text written for Guillaume de Ternay and currently in the collections of Biblioteka Książąt Czartoryskich [pl] in Kraków, Poland.

The notname Master of the Flemish Boethius is derived from a luxuriously illustrated copy of Boethius in Latin and Flemish, made for Louis de Gruuthuse; it was possibly his last commission, made in 1492.

The Master of the Flemish Boethius collaborated with several artists at different times in both Ghent and Bruges.

[1] Stylistically, the Master of the Flemish Boethius is close to the so-called Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, and was at one point misidentified with Alexander Bening, the father of Simon Bening.