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On Display Special Exhibition Wing
On Display
Special Exhibition Wing
Triptych: The Crucifixion Flanked by the Kneeling Donor and His Wife
| Date | First half of the 16th century |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
| Size（cm） | Center: 116 x 83; Wings: 117 x 36 (each) |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Standard ref. | Hand 57 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1976-0003 |
This is an example of a triptych: a work of art consisting of a central panel flanked by two movable panels. Set against a landscape that extends across all three panels, we have at the center a depiction of the Crucifixion. On the panels on either side, the donor couple is shown kneeling in prayer. The artist Joos van Cleve was active in Antwerp during the first half of the sixteenth century. The extensive panorama that incorporates such details as the oddly shaped rocks is characteristic of Flemish landscape painting of the time. (Source: Gallery label, July 2016)
Provenance
Thomas Harris, London, 1929; Madame Castro?, Portugal; Dr. José Gomez Garcia Pulido, Beja, Portugal, by 1962; Auc. Christie's, London, 26 November 1976, lot no. 39; Purchased by the NMWA, 1977.
Exhibition History
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 3 November 1978 - 15 January 1979, cat. no. 5
Bibliography
- 1934
- Friedländer, Max J. Die altniederländische Malerei. Bd. 9, Leiden, 1934, p. 128, no. 13.
- 1972
- Friedländer, Max J. Early Netherlandish Painting. vol. 9/a, Leiden; Brussel, 1972, pp. 53, 54, no. 13, pl. 27.
- 1976
- Important Old Master Pictures (auc. cat.). Christie's, 26 November 1976. London, 1976, no. 39, pl.w/detail.
- 1977
- Yamada, Chisaburo. Sekai no okushon ni erabu "kuusou no bijutsukan" 24. Geijutsu Shincho. Tokyo, 1977. 2, pp. 106-107, col. repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 10, col. repr.
- 1979
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 11 (1976), 1979, Koshi, Koichi. New acquisitions 1976 (Painting). pp. 4-8, New acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 18-19, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 42, repr.
- 1989
- Kobayashi-Sato, Yoriko. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Japan I. Annual Report Bridgestone Museum of Art & Ishibashi Museum of Art. no. 37 (1988), 1989, p. 40, no. 7, repr.
- 2004
- Hand, John Oliver. Joos Van Cleve: The Complete Paintings, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 57, fig.137.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 10, col. repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no.10, col. repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 10, col. repr.
- 2018
- Kofuku, Akira. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. [Tokyo], The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2018, pp. 42-45, no. 8, col. repr.