Crucified Christ

anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1425

Because this crucifix originally hung in the church of Bunde, a small village near Maastricht, it is assumed to have originated in the Meuse River region (Mosan). In the Middle Ages this region was an important breeding ground for art. With Christ’s imposingly stylized, elongated body, this crucifix is closely connected to the courtly style in Paris, where many artists from the Netherlands were active around 1400.

  • Artwork typecrucifix
  • Object numberBK-2015-57
  • Dimensionsheight 67 cm x width 12.6 cm (between the arm stubs) x depth 14.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicswalnut

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Crucified Christ

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2015-57

  • Description

    Een beeld van de gekruisigde Christus met lendendoek. Christus heeft halfgeloken ogen, het hoofd naar links en naar beneden gewend en de voeten over elkaar. Het gedetailleerd bewerkte lichaam en de benen zijn langgerekt en mager, het torso heeft een goed zichtbare ribbenkast en ingevallen buik. Opvallend is het contrast met de verhoudingsgewijs korte bovenbenen. De voorzijde van de lendendoek is schortvormig met horizontale sikkelvormige plooien, die aan de linkerzijde in twee elegante pijpvormige plooien langs heup en bovenbeen afhangen. Uit de wonde in Christus' zijde lopen druppels bloed. Opmerkelijk detail is de okselbeharing die door de beeldsnijder expliciet is aangegeven.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: anonymous, Meuse area
    • sculptor: anonymous, Maastricht (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1400 - c. 1425

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    walnut

  • Dimensions

    height 67 cm x width 12.6 cm (between the arm stubs) x depth 14.4 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of A. Athmer-Hack, Breda

  • Acquisition

    gift 2015-12-18

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; Sint-Agneskerk, Bunde, date unknown; donated by Father M.H.G. Stassen (1889-1975) to the sculptor/art dealer Gérard Osval (‘Gerard’) Hack (1893-1975), Maastricht, in or shortly before 1941;{In exchange for a cast of the corpus with (reconstructed) arms. Oral communication Alice Athmer-Hack (Gerard Hack’s daughter), 2015. Father Stassen also donated an 18th-century Flemish painting to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, see RKD Explore, no. 35935.} his heirs (undivided estate), Maastricht, 1975; from whom, purchased by Alice Josephine Gerarda Athmer-Hack (1931-2019), Breda, 1980; by whom donated to the museum, 17 December 2015

Documentation

  • F. Scholten, 'Recent Acquisitions', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 64 (2016), nr. 3, p. 297-281.

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