O Grave, where is thy Victory?

O Grave, where is thy Victory?

RP-T-1960-243

signature and date: ‘Jan Toorop 92’

The title of this drawing is taken from a letter by wthe Apostle Paul concerning the victory of Faith over Death. Here Death appears as the deliverer from earthly suffering. Lying near an open grave is the body of a man entwined with thorny branches, the symbol of man’s sorrowful earthly existence. Two seraphim (angels) float above the grave and free the dead man from these branches.

G. van Wezel, 'De corresponderende sylfiden van Jan Toorop', in: Kunstschrift 53 (aug/sept 2009), nr. 4, p. 37, afb. 44

draughtsman: Jan Toorop

1892

potlood, zwart en gekleurd krijt, op geelbruin papier

height 604 mm x width 753 mm

purchase 1960

Public domain

..; collection Hidde Nijland, 1892;{Note RMA.}…; collection Wilhelmus Josephus Rudolphus Dreesmann (1885-1954), Amsterdam, 1929;{File RMA.} his sale et al. [section W.J.R. Dreesmann], Amsterdam (F. Muller), 6 December 1960 sqq., no. 47, fl. 1,600, to the museum

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.

G. van Wezel, 'De corresponderende sylfiden van Jan Toorop', in: Kunstschrift 53 (aug/sept 2009), nr. 4, p. 37, afb. 44

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