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)

Relations

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, 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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