Crucifix

anonymous, anonymous, anoniem, anoniem, c. 1470 - c. 1490

Master of Koudewater (?) (active c. 1460 - c. 1480). Crucifix. Walnut and oak, with some original polychromy. 's-Hertogenbosch, c. 1470.

Artwork typecrucifix
Object numberBK-1967-5
Dimensionscorpus: height 91 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm, cross: height 151 cm x width 116 cm x depth 2.5 cm
Physical characteristicswalnut (corpus) and fruit wood (?) (cross) with polychromy

Identification

Title(s)
Crucifix
Object type
Object number
BK-1967-5
Description
Het hoofd met doornenkroon hangt naar links, de rechter voet is boven de linker geplaatst. De lendendoek komt op de linker heup samen en hangt daar af. Het kruishout met profielrandje gaat over in vierpassen, waarop de geschilderde symbolen der evangelisten; de vier hoeken tussen de zich kruisende latten zijn opgevuld met segmenten.
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, on the Titulus Crucis, painted: ‘INRI’
- inscription, on the banderole on the quatrefoil at the top: illegible
- inscription, on the banderole on the right quatrefoil: illegible
- inscription, on the banderole on the trefoil at the bottom: illegible
- inscription, on the banderole on the left quatrefoil: illegible
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1967), p. 29, afb. p. 33.

Creation
- sculptor: anoniem, Northern Brabant
- sculptor: anonymous, Northern Brabant
Dating
c. 1470 - c. 1490
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Physical description
walnut (corpus) and fruit wood (?) (cross) with polychromy
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- corpus: height 91 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm
- cross: height 151 cm x width 116 cm x depth 2.5 cm

Acquisition
purchase 1967
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; convent of Bethlehem (Sisters Penitent), Haaren (Northern Brabant), date unknown; from which, purchased by Wilhelmus Johannes Mares (1927-1983), Maastricht, 1965; from whom, fl. 7,500, to the museum, 1967; on loan to the Museum Krona (formerly known as the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst), Uden, inv. no. 4641, since 2005