Christ Taking Leave of his Mother

Cornelis Engebrechtsz (c. 1462-1527), Leiden, c. 1515-1520, oil on panel

This panel and the painting next to it formed part of a series of scenes from the life of the Virgin. Here we see Christ taking leave of his mother, in spite of her pleading with him not to go to Jerusalem.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-1719
Dimensionsheight 63.7 cm x width 53.5 cm x thickness 4.5 cm, height 54.7 cm x width 44 cm x height 54.2 cm x width 43.3 cm

Identification

Title
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother
Object type
Object number
SK-A-1719
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 58, afb. 41.

Creation

Creation
painter: Engebrechtsz., Cornelis, Leiden
Dating
c. 1515 - c. 1520
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Material and technique

Material
Dimensions
- height 63.7 cm x width 53.5 cm x thickness 4.5 cm
- height 54.7 cm x width 44 cm x height 54.2 cm x width 43.3 cm

This work is about

Subject

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Acquisition
purchase 1897
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; Leopold Freiherr von Bettendorf, Aachen, 1822;{Heller 1827, p. 134, no. 2.} ...; sale, Graf Fürstenberg, Gräfliche Schloss (Bonn), General von Graeve (†) (Koblenz), Dr Christian Widenmann (†) (Cologne), Cologne (J.M. Heberle), 6 August 1877 sqq., no. 9, as Albrecht Dürer, monogrammed and dated 1505, DM 360;{Copy RKD.} …; from the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris, fl. 2,885, to the museum, as Dutch school, c. 1530, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, June 1897; on loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2004-10

Documentation

- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 58, afb. 41.
- E. Pelinck, 'Cornelis Engebrechtsz. De herkomst van zijn kunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 2 (1948-1949), p. 59.
- P. Wescher, 'Zur Chronologie der Gemälde des Cornelis Engelbrechtsen', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 58 (1924-1925), p. 98.

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