Updated 20 December 2023
On Display Permanent collection
Mater Dolorosa
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
|---|---|
| Size（cm） | 45 x 31 |
| Inscriptions | Inscription on the lower part of the frame: O UOS OM~ES QUI TRANSITIS (Lamentationes Jeremiae, 1. 12); Inscription on the reverse of the panel: "Esta ymagen, m[and]o / En su testam[ent]o, A este mon[a]s / t[eri]o, de la concepçion, de / la puebla, la mui jll[ustr]e, señora / doña leonor chacõ patron / y fũdadora, del dicho monas[terio] / Mandose las con cõdiçion / que no las puedan dar ni / prestar, y que si las prestan / las puedan tomar los cler / gos para la yglesia de es / ta villa" |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2007-0001 |
Provenance
Doña Leonor Chacón (according to an old inscription on the reverse); By whom given to the Monasterio de la Concepción, La Puebla de Montalbán; In the collection of Joachim Cabot I Rovira (1861-1951), Barcelona; Thence by descent to his great-grandchildren, the present owners, collection of Balazó Family; Purchased by the NMWA, 2008.
Exhibition History
- 1954
- La Imagen de Maria, Palacio Guell-Comillas, Barcelona , 0 1954 - 0 1954
- 2014
- Voices Calling from the Unusual: Hirano Keiichiro's Selection of Western Art Masterpieces, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 8 April 2014 - 15 June 2014, cat. no. 25
- 2014
- The Rings from The Hashimoto Collection of The National Museum of Western Art, The National Museum of Western Art, 8 July 2014 - 15 September 2014, cat. no. 155
Bibliography
- 1938
- Schöne, Von Wolfgang. Dieric Bouts und seine Schule: Mit 90 Bildtafeln. Berlin, Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1938, p. 129, no. 19 A1, plate 48a.
- 1944
- Michel, Edouard. L'école flamande du XVe siècle au Musée du Louvre. Bruxelles, 1944, pp. 93-94, “école de Thierry Bouts”.
- 1953
- Davies, Martin. Les primitifs flamands: Corpus de la peinture des anciens Pays-Bas meridionaux au quinzieme siecle, 3, National Gallery, London. vol. 1, Antwerp, De Sikkel, 1953, p. 34, under ‘F. Comparative Material’, no. A (1).
- 1954
- Font Espina, J. “La imagen de Maria en el Palacio Guell”. Revista Garbo. Barceloa, 1954, pp. 18-19.
- 1961
- Eisler, Colin Tobias. Les primitifs flamands: Corpus de la peinture des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux au quinzième siècle, 4, New England Museums. Brussels, 1961, p. 59, under ‘F. Comparative Material’, no. A (1).
- 1982
- Bermejo Martínez , Elisa. La pintura de los primitivos flamencos en España. vol. 2, Madrid, 1982, p. 35, no. 17b, p. 179, fig. 26, as circle of Dieric Bouts.
- 1982
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 15 (1980), 1982, Mayekawa, Seiro. On the New Acquisitions 1980. pp. 8-12.
- 2009
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 42 (Apr. 2007-Mar. 2008), 2009, Takanashi Mitsumasa. New Acquisitions. pp. 8-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 58, repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 6, 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. 28-29, no. 3, col. repr.