Triptych

Pseudo Jan Wellens de Cock, c. 1525

Depicted at the centre of this triptych is The Crucifixion. On the wings Saint Peter and Saint James stand behind the couple who commissioned this private altar. The donors, dressed in black, kneel in adoration before the crucified Christ. Thus included, they appear to participate in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross at Golgotha outside Jerusalem where criminals were executed.

Artwork typepainting, triptych
Object numberSK-A-1598
Dimensionssupport: height 50 cm (centre panel) x width 33.5 cm (centre panel) x height 42 cm (left wing) x width 16.8 cm (left wing) x height 42 cm (right wing) x width 16.5 cm (right wing), painted surface: height 37 cm (centre panel) x width 25.5 cm (centre panel) x height 32.5 cm (left wing) x width 10 cm (left wing) x height 31.8 cm (right wing) x width 9.7 cm (right wing)
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

Title(s)
- Triptych: Calvary, with donors (open); St. Christopher with the Christ child on the road (closed) (former title)
- Triptych
- Triptych with the Crucifixion (centre panel), St Peter and a Male Donor (inner left wing), St James and a Female Donor (inner right wing), St Christopher and the Christ Child on the Road of Life (outer wings)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-1598
Description
Drieluik met de kruisiging van Christus op het middenpaneel, op het linker zijpaneel een knielende mannelijke stichter met de heilige Petrus, op het rechter zijpaneel een knielende vrouwelijk stichter met de heilige Jacobus. Boven de stichters vliegen putti met de familiewapens. Gesloten toont het altaarstuk de heilige Christophorus te paard met het Christuskind op de arm, rechts een leger van duivels.
Inscriptions / marks
coat of arms, upper left: divided vertically, 1, a horizontal black bar on a white field; 2, house mark of a cross in a triangle topped with a figure 4 turned 90° to the right on a yellow field
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Creation

Creation
- painter: Pseudo Jan Wellens de Cock, Leiden
- painter: Pseudo Jan Wellens de Cock, Antwerp
Dating
c. 1525
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- support: height 50 cm (centre panel) x width 33.5 cm (centre panel) x height 42 cm (left wing) x width 16.8 cm (left wing) x height 42 cm (right wing) x width 16.5 cm (right wing)
- painted surface: height 37 cm (centre panel) x width 25.5 cm (centre panel) x height 32.5 cm (left wing) x width 10 cm (left wing) x height 31.8 cm (right wing) x width 9.7 cm (right wing)

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1893-07
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, Frédéric Spitzer (1815-90, Paris), Paris (P. Chevallier), 17 April 1893 sqq., no. 3314, as German school, frs. 2,050, to the dealer Durand-Ruel, Paris;{Copy RMA.} from whom, fl. 1,033, to the museum, July 1893; on loan to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 2004-10

Documentation

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