Christ Taking Leave of his Mother

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Cornelis Engebrechtsz, c. 1515 - c. 1520

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
Dimensionssupport: height 54.7 cm x width 44 cm x height 54.2 cm (painted surface) x width 43.3 cm (painted surface), height 63.7 cm x width 53.5 cm x thickness 4.5 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

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Identification

Title(s)
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother
Object type
Object number
SK-A-1719
Description
Christus neemt afscheid van zijn moeder, Maria. Links treurende vrouwen, achter wachten enige discipelen. Rechts vertrekt Christus met zijn discipelen en kijkt nog eenmaal om. Rechtsonder een hond. In de verte een brug die toegang geeft tot een stad.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- P. Wescher, 'Zur Chronologie der Gemälde des Cornelis Engelbrechtsen', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 58 (1924-1925), p. 98.
- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 58, afb. 41.
- J.R.J. van; Wheelock Jr, A.K. Asperen de Boer, Underdrawings in Some Paintings by Cornelis Engebrechtsz, uit: Oud-Holland : nieuwe bijdragen voor de geschiedenis der Nederlandsche kunst, letterkunde, nijverheid, enz., 87, 1973, 2/3, pagina pp. 61-94 - p. 65, 67, 88-93
- E. Pelinck, 'Cornelis Engebrechtsz. De herkomst van zijn kunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 2 (1948-1949), p. 59.

Creation

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

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- support: height 54.7 cm x width 44 cm x height 54.2 cm (painted surface) x width 43.3 cm (painted surface)
- height 63.7 cm x width 53.5 cm x thickness 4.5 cm

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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

- P. Wescher, 'Zur Chronologie der Gemälde des Cornelis Engelbrechtsen', Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 58 (1924-1925), p. 98.
- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 58, afb. 41.
- J.R.J. van; Wheelock Jr, A.K. Asperen de Boer, Underdrawings in Some Paintings by Cornelis Engebrechtsz, uit: Oud-Holland : nieuwe bijdragen voor de geschiedenis der Nederlandsche kunst, letterkunde, nijverheid, enz., 87, 1973, 2/3, pagina pp. 61-94 - p. 65, 67, 88-93
- E. Pelinck, 'Cornelis Engebrechtsz. De herkomst van zijn kunst', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 2 (1948-1949), p. 59.