Christ Instructs Peter to Feed My Sheep, Claude Vignon, 1624

Identification

Title(s)

Christ Instructs Peter to Feed My Sheep

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4068

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Vignon In. Fecit 1624’
inscription: ‘Petre Amas Me Pasce Oves Meas’

Description

Christus draagt Petrus op: 'Weid mijn schapen'. Christus gebaart naar een opengeslagen boek waarin de woorden staan 'Petre Amas Me Pasce Oves Meas' (Johannes 21: 15-23). Petrus heeft zich naar Christus gekeerd, op de achtergrond twee andere discipelen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Claude Vignon

Place

France

Dating

1624

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 127 cm × width 108 cm × thickness 3.7 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

mission of Peter ('Pasce oves meas'): Christ pointing to a lamb, Peter perhaps with keys in his hands

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Dec-1961

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection of the church 'St Willibrordus Buiten de Veste', Amsterdam, as H. Bloemaert, 1928;{Utrecht V, 1928, p. 83, no. 33.} from whom, fl. 17,000, to the museum, 1961

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Chefs-d'oeuvre de la peinture française des musées néerlandais, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles French paintings from Dutch collections, 1600-1800, Pierre Rosenberg, Jeroen Giltaij, Guido M.C. Jansen, p. 187-189, cat.nr. 45
Franse schilderkunst uit Nederlands bezit, 1600-1800, Jeroen Giltaij, Guido M.C. Jansen, Pierre Rosenberg, p. 187-189, cat.nr. 45
Aanwinsten : 1 januari - 31 december 1961

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6455

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