Updated 15 May 2025
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The Lamentation
| Date | 1637 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 90.1 x 71.9 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower center: G. Flinck.f 1637 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2006-0001 |
Provenance
Jan Pietersz. Bruyningh, Amsterdam, 1647; Piter Roelsema, R. Muller, Groningen, 22 June 1863, lot 80; Canon A. Simonis, Strasbourg; Le Goupy, Paris; Sotherby's New York, 11 January 1990, lot 44; Collection Hardenberg, Germany; Christie's Amsterdam, 16 November 2005; Jack Kilgore & Co., New York; Purchased by the NMWA, 2006.
Exhibition History
- 2021
- National Touring Exhibition of Western Art from the NMWA: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata / Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 27 August 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y2_37 | T2_40
Bibliography
- 1936
- Isarlo, George. Rembrandt et son entourage. La Renaissance Revue d'Art. 1936, p. 34.
- 1965
- Moltke, Joachim Wolfgang von. Govaert Flinck. Amsterdam, 1965, pp. 16, 78, cat. no. 59.
- 1983
- Sumowski, Werner. Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler. vol. 2, Landau, 1983, p. 1019, cat. no. 612.
- 1997
- Rembrandt: A Genius and his Impact (exh. cat.). Blankert, Albert, ed. Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, 1997, p. 205.
- 2006
- Uylenburgh & Son: Art and Commerce from Rembrandt to De Lairesse, 1625-1675 (exh. cat.). Lammertse, Friso; Veen, Jaap van der, eds. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 7 June - 3 September 2006; Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, 16 September - 10 December 2006. Zwolle/Amsterdam, 2006, pp. 162-165, fig. 111.
- 2008
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 41 (Apr. 2006-Mar. 2007), 2008, Kofuku, Akira. New Acquisitions. pp. 9-11, List of New Acquisitions. p. 46, repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 45, 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. 116-119, no. 33, col. repr.
- 2021
- When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 81, 179, cat. no. Y2_37 | T2_40, col. repr.