The Virgin Crowned by the Infant Christ

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, in or after c. 1646

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (1614 - 1654). The apotheosis of the Virgin, c. 1640. The Virgin Mary is being crowned by the Christ Child with a garland of flowers. Angels sing and make music as they take par t in this tribute. Willeboirts Bosschaert has portrayed the scene in warm tones and with a lively brush. The artist was a pupil of Gerard Seghers; he worked in the ateliers of Rubens en Van Dyck and was one of the artists involved in the decoration of the Oranjezaal. Frederik Hendrik and Amalia van Solms owned dozens of such history pieces by Bosschaert.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-598
Dimensionsheight 137.8 cm x width 112.5 cm, depth 8 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op doek

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Identification

Title(s)
The Virgin Crowned by the Infant Christ
Object type
Object number
SK-A-598
Description
De verheerlijking van Maria. Maria zittend in de wolken, zij houdt het Christuskind in haar armen. Het kind legt een bloemenkrans op haar hoofd, links en rechts engelen.
Inscriptions / marks
signature, on the rim of the viola da gamba: ‘Wilebors’
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Creation

Creation
- painter: Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert
- painter: José Antolínez [rejected attribution]
Dating
in or after c. 1646
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Material and technique

Physical description
olieverf op doek
Material
Dimensions
- height 137.8 cm x width 112.5 cm
- depth 8 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Gift of Z.K.H. Willem I
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, Jean-Adrien Snyers (1775-1841), Antwerp, sold on the deceased´s premises (auction house not known), scheduled for 4 May 1818, but brought forward to 27 April, no. 116 (`ANT. VAN DYCK. Deux Anges, dont l´un chante et l´autre joue de la violoncello, amusent de leur musique la Vierge et l´enfant Jésus répresentés dans une gloire. […] Sur toile, haut 3 pieds 3 pouces, large 4 pieds 9 pouces [height and width in inverted order; 137.8 x 93.6 cm]´), bought in; purchased from Jean-Adrien Snyers by Willem I, King of the Netherlands, for the museum, 1822{NHA, RMA, IS, inv. 10, no. 18 (20 June 1821); NHA, RMA, IS, inv. 10, no. 22 (24 July 1821); NHA, RMA, Kop, inv. 36, p. 114 (28 July 1821); NHA, RMA, IS, inv. 10, no. 29 (23 April 1822); NHA, RMA, IS, inv. 10, no. 32 (3 May 1822). E.W. Moes and E. van Biema, _De Nationale Konst-Gallery en Het Koninklijk Museum_, Amsterdam 1909, p. 134. P. van Vliet, `Spaanse schilderijen in het Rijksmuseum, afkomstig van schenkingen van Koning Willem I´, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 14 (1966), pp. 131-49, esp. pp. 134, 143, note 9.}

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