Passion Altarpiece

anonymous, c. 1510 - c. 1520

Passion Retable. Oak, polychromy removed. Antwerp, c. 1515 - 1520. On the Medieval altar was set a retable, a framework containing sculpture or a painted panel. The sculptural ensemble reconstructed here originally stood in a framework with wings at the sides. The colour was removed in the 19th century, because such bright decoration no longer accorded with the taste of the time. This retable was made in Antwerp. Between 1480 and 1550 such altarpieces were produced on a large scale there, mainly for export. Figures making expressive gestures and with clearly visible emotions on their faces typify Antwerp sculpture of this period.

  • Artwork typesculpture, retable
  • Object numberBK-16082
  • Dimensionsheight 182.5 cm x width 142 cm x depth 22.5 cm (incl. caisse)
  • Physical characteristicsoak with remnants of chalk ground

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Passion Altarpiece

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16082

  • Description

    Passieretabel

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark, on each of the groups in the arched concave frame and on four of the components of the Calvary, branded: a hand (the Antwerp wood quality mark)

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Antwerp

  • Dating

    c. 1510 - c. 1520

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oak with remnants of chalk ground

  • Dimensions

    height 182.5 cm x width 142 cm x depth 22.5 cm (incl. caisse)

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1948

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; Cologne, late 19th century;{J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, _Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum_, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, p. 136.} …; Chapel of Neubourg Castle, Gulpen, date unknown;{Note RMA.} from Count R.L.H.J.M. de Marchant d’Ansembourg (1884-1952), Gulpen, fl. 5,000, to the museum, 1948, through the mediation of the dealer J.H.J. Mellaart, Mheer Castle (Limburg); on loan to the Museum Krona (formerly known as the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst), Uden, inv. no. 4638, since 2005

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