Crucifix

anonymous, c. 1470 - c. 1490

Master of Koudewater (?) (active c. 1460 - c. 1480). Crucifix. Walnut and oak, with some original polychromy. 's-Hertogenbosch, c. 1470.

  • Artwork typecrucifix
  • Object numberBK-1967-5
  • Dimensionscross: height 151 cm x width 116 cm x depth 2.5 cm, corpus: height 91 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswalnut (corpus) and fruit wood (?) (cross) with polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Crucifix

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1967-5

  • Description

    Het hoofd met doornenkroon hangt naar links, de rechter voet is boven de linker geplaatst. De lendendoek komt op de linker heup samen en hangt daar af. Het kruishout met profielrandje gaat over in vierpassen, waarop de geschilderde symbolen der evangelisten; de vier hoeken tussen de zich kruisende latten zijn opgevuld met segmenten.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, on the banderole on the right quatrefoil: illegible
    • inscription, on the banderole on the left quatrefoil: illegible
    • inscription, on the banderole on the trefoil at the bottom: illegible
    • inscription, on the Titulus Crucis, painted: ‘INRI’
    • inscription, on the banderole on the quatrefoil at the top: illegible
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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Northern Brabant

  • Dating

    c. 1470 - c. 1490

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    walnut (corpus) and fruit wood (?) (cross) with polychromy

  • Dimensions

    • cross: height 151 cm x width 116 cm x depth 2.5 cm
    • corpus: height 91 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1967

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; convent of Bethlehem (Sisters Penitent), Haaren (Northern Brabant), date unknown; from which, purchased by Wilhelmus Johannes Mares (1927-1983), Maastricht, 1965; from whom, fl. 7,500, to the museum, 1967; on loan to the Museum Krona (formerly known as the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst), Uden, inv. no. 4641, since 2005


Documentation

  • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1967), p. 29, afb. p. 33.


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