The Lamentation of Christ

Hercules Segers, c. 1630 - c. 1633

Segers meticulously followed a woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien from around 1515 for this poignant depiction. He built up the composition using different tones, rather than lines, as in the woodcut.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-797
  • Dimensionsheight 163 mm x width 157 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, at the top almost along the plate mark)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out, printed in black on paper prepared with a cream-coloured ground containing lead

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Lamentation of Christ
    • The Lamentation of Christ

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-797

  • Description

    Lichaam van dode Christus liggend op de grond. Bewening door Johannes, Maria en Maria Magdalena.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    collector's mark: Lugt 240

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Leeflang 2-a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 2-a
    • Hollstein Dutch 2-a

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam (possibly)
    • after print by Hans Baldung Grien

  • Dating

    c. 1630 - c. 1633

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching with tone and highlights created by using crosshatching and stopping-out, printed in black on paper prepared with a cream-coloured ground containing lead

  • Dimensions

    height 163 mm x width 157 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, at the top almost along the plate mark)

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

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