Jan Metsys (1510-1575) - Grablegung Christi
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Description from the seller
Enclosed is a statement by Larry Silver, dated 30 June 2012, who attributes the painting offered here to the workshop of Jan Massys. Also enclosed is a report from the Art Loss Register; both copies.
In a tabernacle frame whose lower panel suggests the presence of the open sarcophagus. The body of Christ is held above the open sarcophagus, by John and Joseph of Arimathea; behind him Mary laments. The background is formed by a hillside to rugged, rocky landscape. Comparable, though in a mirror-image conception, is also a Entombment scene by Quentin Metsys (1466–1530) in the Diocesan Museum Gaeta. A composition of the same format is held in the Leuven Museum.
Provenance:
Private collection, Hannover.
Literature:
cf. Leontine Buinsters-Smets, Jan Massys, Zwolle 1995.
cf. Cécile Scailliérez, Quentin Metsys Sainte Madeleine, Paris 2007.
cf. Larry Silver, The Paintings of Quinten Massys, Oxford 1984.
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
Enclosed is a statement by Larry Silver, dated 30 June 2012, who attributes the painting offered here to the workshop of Jan Massys. Also enclosed is a report from the Art Loss Register; both copies.
In a tabernacle frame whose lower panel suggests the presence of the open sarcophagus. The body of Christ is held above the open sarcophagus, by John and Joseph of Arimathea; behind him Mary laments. The background is formed by a hillside to rugged, rocky landscape. Comparable, though in a mirror-image conception, is also a Entombment scene by Quentin Metsys (1466–1530) in the Diocesan Museum Gaeta. A composition of the same format is held in the Leuven Museum.
Provenance:
Private collection, Hannover.
Literature:
cf. Leontine Buinsters-Smets, Jan Massys, Zwolle 1995.
cf. Cécile Scailliérez, Quentin Metsys Sainte Madeleine, Paris 2007.
cf. Larry Silver, The Paintings of Quinten Massys, Oxford 1984.
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
Details
Artist
Jan Metsys (1510-1575)
Sold with frame
Yes
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
Grablegung Christi
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
1530
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
77 cm
Width
104 cm
Depiction/theme
Religion
Style
Renaissance
Period
16th century
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