The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Arnt van Tricht, c. 1540 - c. 1545

These two statues originally stood underneath a large sculpture of the crucified Christ. The Virgin bows her head in sorrow, while the expressive gaze of the young apostle John, Jesus’s favourite, is directed upwards to the right. Large sculpture groups such as this were normally placed high up on the screen that separated the chancel from the nave of the church.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-1987-21
  • Dimensionsheight 100 cm x width 32 cm x depth 20 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoak with traces of chalk ground

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Virgin Mary, from a Calvary
    • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1987-21

  • Description

    Maria staat met het hoofd iets naar links gewend op een ovaal grondje, haar linker schoenneus naar buiten gericht. Zij draagt een kleed met daaroverheen een diep uitgesneden jak, een mantel, die zij onder beide armen ophoudt, een kindoek en over het hoofd een sluier. om het middel is een ceintuur, die aan de voorkant met een lus is geknoopt.

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Arnt van Tricht, Kalkar

  • Dating

    c. 1540 - c. 1545

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oak with traces of chalk ground

  • Dimensions

    height 100 cm x width 32 cm x depth 20 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1987-12-02

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Amsterdam (J. Schulman), 2 October 1907, no. 761; …; ? collection Antoon van Welie, Utrecht, date unknown;{Sale Amsterdam (Sotheby’s), 2 December 1987, no. 169. Possibly in reference to the painter of the same name, Antoon van Welie (1866-1956), though this person is not known to have lived in Utrecht.} …; collection Köhler, Maarssen, c. 1950;{Note RMA.} private collection, Maarssen;{Note RMA.} …; sale, Amsterdam (Sotheby’s), 2 December 1987, no. 169, fl. 21,850, to the museum; on loan to the Museum Kurhaus, Cleves, 2004-09

Documentation

  • 'Recent Acquisitions at the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Supplement', The Burlington Magazine 132 (1990) nr. 1047, p. 443, afb. II.

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  • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
  • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
  • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
  • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
  • The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist