The Entombment, Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp, c. 1640 - 1652

Identification

Title(s)

The Entombment

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2857

Inscriptions / marks

signature, lower right, on a rock: ‘Cŭijp’

Description

De graflegging. Het lichaam van Christus wordt naar het graf in een rotswand gedragen. Verschillende personen dragen het lichaam, anderen kijken toe.

Creation

Artist

painter: Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1640 - 1652

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 74.6 cm × width 59.5 cm
outer size: depth 6.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop

Acquisition

purchase Apr-1921

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, S.C. Goldsmid (†), Charles Turner (1773-1853) and ‘old pictures from various sources’ [anonymous section], London (Christie’s), 24 January 1919, no. 138;…; anonymous sale, London (Christie’s), 22 December 1920, no. 149, £42, to Malaart;{Copy RKD.}…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 4 April 1921, no. 25, fl. 37;{Copy RMA.}…; purchased from the dealer W. Komter by the museum, as a gift from the Fotocommissie, 1921

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 185

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8196

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