The Raising of Lazarus

• The Raising of Lazarus
• Centre Panel of a Triptych with the Raising of Lazarus

The Raising of Lazarus

SK-A-3480

inscription, lower right, on the seam of the robe of the second figure: ‘GEBOD.HEBT.GOD.LIEF.BOven.AL.Ende’

This triptych was painted to commemorate a married couple, the man and woman shown kneeling on the wings. The central panel appropriately depicts the miracle of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, an allusion to the promise of eternal life and the belief that death is overcome through faith in Christ.

F. Scholten, 'Technische aspecten van de Kerkprediking en twee andere werken uit de Aertgen van Leyden-groep', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 37 (1986), p. 66-68.

• painter: attributed to Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden
• painter: anoniem, Leiden [rejected]

c. 1530 - c. 1535

olieverf op paneel

height 75.7 cm x width 78.8 cm

purchase 1946-11

Public domain

…; sale, Major Eric Ayshford Knight (1862/3-1944, Wolverley House, near Kidderminster) et al. [his section], London(Christie´s), 1 December 1945, no. 38, as Lucas van Leyden; ...; from the dealer Matthiesen, London, £ 1,500, to the museum, 1946

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• F. Scholten, 'Technische aspecten van de Kerkprediking en twee andere werken uit de Aertgen van Leyden-groep', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 37 (1986), p. 66-68.
• J.Q. van Regteren Altena, 'Aertgen van Leyden', Oud Holland 56 (1939), p. 83, 230, nr. 50.
• J. Bruyn, 'Twee St. Antonius-panelen en andere werken van Aertgen van Leyden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 11 (1960), p. 79, 93.

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