Right Wing of an Altarpiece with the Israelites Gathering Manna

anonymous, anoniem, anonymous, anoniem, c. 1510 - c. 1520

As in the left wing of this altarpiece, food plays a central role in the right wing. Moses looks on as the starving Israelites gather the manna (heavenly bread) that God rained down on them during their journey through the desert to the Promised Land. Both Old Testament stories were sometimes interpreted as foreshadowing the Last Supper, which was likely the scene on the triptych’s lost centre panel.

Artwork typepainting, zijpaneel
Object numberSK-A-867
Dimensionsframe: height 113.5 cm x width 82.5 cm x thickness 4 cm, sight size: height 110.7 cm x width 69.5 cm, support: height 102 cm x width 71.2 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Right Wing of an Altarpiece with the Israelites Gathering Manna

Identification

Title(s)
- Gathering of Manna (inner, right wing of a triptych)
- Right Wing of an Altarpiece with the Israelites Gathering Manna
- Ecclesia (on the outer) (former title)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-867
Description
Rechter zijpaneel van een altaarstuk met op de binnenzijde de Mannaregen. Mozes kijkt links toe hoe twee vrouwen en een man de gevallen manna van de grond verzamelen en uit de lucht opvangen. Vooraan zit een jongetje met een pot, op de achtergrond het tentenkamp van de Israëlieten. Op de buitenzijde de vrouwelijke personificatie van de christelijke kerk Ecclesia: een staande vrouw met een miskelk en een hostie. Afkomstig uit het voormalige St. Agnesklooster (Gasthuis) te Goes. Pendant van SK-A-866.
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Creation

Creation
- painter: anonymous, Antwerp
- painter: anoniem, Antwerp
- painter: anonymous, Low Countries [rejected attribution]
- painter: anoniem, Low Countries [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1510 - c. 1520
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Material
Dimensions
- frame: height 113.5 cm x width 82.5 cm x thickness 4 cm
- sight size: height 110.7 cm x width 69.5 cm
- support: height 102 cm x width 71.2 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1876
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; ? property of the Maria Magdalenakerk (Church of St Mary Magdalen), Goes; transferred with SK-A-867 to the Heilige Geest/Holy Spirit Hospital (the former Convent of St Agnes), Goes, 1578-1875;{Dekker 2002, pp. 453-54.} ...; sale, J.P.C. Baron van Reede van ter Aa en Aasten et al., Amsterdam (C.F. Roos and C.F. Roos Jr), 16 December 1875, nos. 36A and 36B, as Lucas van Leyden (‘A. Un chevalier suivi de ses guerriers, agenouillé devant un évêque qui lui présente une relique. Sur le revers une statue représentant la Foi. B. Le miracle “de la manne” dans le désert. Sur le revers, une jeune femme tenant le St. Sacrement. Hauteur 102, largeur 73 cent. Bois.’), fl. 360, to Boas Berg, for the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst (inv. nos. NM 2981, 2982);{According to Dekker 2002, pp. 453-54 the paintings were sold in 1875 by the Poor Board of Goes in 1875 at a public sale; according to Inventory NMGK the paintings were the property of the city of Veere.} transferred with SK-A-867 to the museum, 1885; on loan with SK-A-867 to the Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1960-2004; on loan with SK-A-867 to the Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, since 2004

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