Title(s)

Central panel of a Memorial Triptych, formerly called the Gertz Memorial Triptych, with the Lamentation

Object type

• painting
• triptych

Object number

SK-A-4488-1

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘MAGD...’
• inscription: ‘Hier legghen begraven willem gertz die starf an[n]o m ccccc en xxxiiii den xiii marcij stijntgen dirck claessens starf anno xxxi den vi septembris maria willemsz starf an[n]o xxxviii den v aprilis anna willemsz starf an[n]o xxxvii den xiiii septe[m]bris. bidt voer die zielen’ (Here lie Willem Gertz, who died on the 13th of March 1534, Stijntgen Dirck Claessens, who died on the 6th of September 1531, Maria Willemsz, who died on the 5th of April 1538, Anna Willemsz, who died on the 14th of September 1537. Pray for their souls)

Description

Middenpaneel van De Gertz memorietafel met de kruisafneming of bewening (kopie naar een verloren gegaan origineel van Hugo van der Goes), met het lichaam van Christus gedragen door Jozef van Arimathea en Nicodemus. Maria, Johannes en Maria Magdalena (allen halffiguren) zien toe. Met geïntegreerde originele lijst.

Artist

• painter: Hugo van der Goes (copy after)
• painter: anonymous

Place

Low Countries

Dating

after c. 1527

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height c. 85 cm × width c. 107 cm × thickness c. 1 cm
depth 6.5 cm

What

• Christ's body supported (+ donor(s), supplicant(s) whether or not with patron saint(s))

Who

• Willem Gertz
• Styntgen Dirck Claesgens

Acquisition

purchase 1892

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Is part of

• Memorial Triptych, formerly called the Gertz Memorial Triptych, with the Lamentation (central panel), nine male Donor Portraits with Saint John the Evangelist (left wing, inner), nine female Donor Portraits with the Virgin and Child (right wing, inner), Saint Peter (left wing, outer) and Saint Mary Magdalene (right wing, outer) (SK-A-4488)

• 1100-1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, p. 127, afb. 42
• 1100 - 1600, Reinier J. Baarsen, Frits Scholten, p. 127, afb. 42