Healing of the paralized man at the pool of Bethesda

• Healing of the paralized man at the pool of Bethesda
• The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda (former title)

SK-A-4892

De genezing van de verlamde man te Bethesda (Johannes 5:1-16). Christus staat voor een rijk gedecoreerde poort, waarvoor zich een groot aantal zieke mensen bevinden. Achter de poort is te zien hoe een engel in de genezende bron duikt.

• signature and date: ‘Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd: '1575/ME 17'’
• inscription: ‘Op de toegangspoort tot de bron: IOA VC (=Johannes 5, 1-16)’

painter: Pieter Aertsen

1575-01-01 - 1575-05-17

oil on panel

• height 56 cm x width 75 cm
• depth 8.2 cm

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

purchase 1994-05

Public domain

…; the dealer P. de Boer, Amsterdam;{Kloek 2003, p. 364.}…; the dealer F. Kleinberger, New York, 1952;{Note RMA.}…; from the Breddermann family, Hagen, DM 50,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1994

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

W. Kloek, 'Pieter Aertsen en de wereld op zijn kop', Amsterdam 2010, p. 51, afb. 46

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20054666