Christus aan het kruis, Nicolas Henri Tardieu, after Charles Le Brun, 1684 - 1749

Title(s)

Christus aan het kruis

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-74.431

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 29
• Nagler Künstlerlexikon 27

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Maria, Johannes en Maria Magdalena onder de gekruisigde Christus.

Artist

• print maker: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Charles Le Brun (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (mentioned on object)
• Franse kroon (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1684 - 1749

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 407 mm × width 283 mm

What

• the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge
• bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning - DD - only Christ on the cross
• the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion
• John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 4, p. 5, cat.nr. 29
• Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, dl. 18, p. 111, cat.nr. 27