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The Last Rites
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, c. 1545
Here a priest is performing the last rites for a dying man. While most of the women are weeping, the men look on in solemn resignation. Typical of Vermeyen’s work is the crowded, claustrophobic composition with the figures pressed into a confined space. The faces of the female mourners strongly recall those of the women in The Lamentation, also on view here.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1887-A-11962
- Dimensionsheight 380 mm x width 492 mm
- Physical characteristicsets