The Entombment

Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (mentioned on object), c. 1640 - 1652

De graflegging. Het lichaam van Christus wordt naar het graf in een rotswand gedragen. Verschillende personen dragen het lichaam, anderen kijken toe.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-2857
  • Dimensionssupport: height 74.6 cm x width 59.5 cm, outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Entombment

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-2857

  • Description

    De graflegging. Het lichaam van Christus wordt naar het graf in een rotswand gedragen. Verschillende personen dragen het lichaam, anderen kijken toe.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature, lower right, on a rock: ‘Cŭijp’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (mentioned on object)

  • Dating

    c. 1640 - 1652

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    • support: height 74.6 cm x width 59.5 cm
    • outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1921-04

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, S.C. Goldsmid (†), Charles Turner (1773-1853) and ‘old pictures from various sources’ [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 24 January 1919, no. 138;…; anonymous sale, London (Christie’s), 22 December 1920, no. 149, £42, to Malaart;{Copy RKD.}…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 4 April 1921, no. 25, fl. 37;{Copy RMA.}…; purchased from the dealer W. Komter by the museum, as a gift from the Fotocommissie, 1921

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