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Calvary, ca. 1524

  • oil paint, panel
  • 66.5 x 54.8 cm
  • Inv. 1904-C

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The Crucifixion by Jacob Cornelisz. Van Oostzanen, known as Jacob of Amsterdam, comes from the Dominican monastery in Ghent. It was probably the central panel of a triptych. The lamentation of the crucified Christ is set in a wooded landscape with a town in the distance. We see the last straggle of horsemen galloping off into the distance. The scene of the crucifixion is attended only his mother Mary, John and three holy women. Mary is embracing the cross. Before her is the jar of ointment we often see when she is portrayed. Her flowing robe is richly embellished with gold brocade. The panel is an example of late gothic painting, in which the decorative elements are more important than the inner emotions of the figures. One is also struck by the sense of space the artist manages to evoke and the finely balanced rhythm of the composition.

Artist

Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen RKD
Oostzaan 1477 - Amsterdam 1533
painters (artists)AAT

Title Calvary
Date ca. 1524
Period 16th century
Location Northern Netherlands
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1904-C
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1904
Current whereabouts Work on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/371/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11D Christ Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass
11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass
11D351 Christ suffering (with crown of thorns, head usually turned sidewards) Iconclass
11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass
11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass
11HH(MARY KLEOPHAS) Mary Kleophas, sister of the Virgin Mary, mother of James the Less ('Maria Jacobi'); possible attributes: jar of ointment Iconclass
11HH(MARY MAGDALENE) the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge Iconclass
11HH(MARY SALOME) Mary Salome, sister of the Virgin and mother of James the Great and John the Evangelist, also one of the midwives; possible attributes: jar of ointment Iconclass
11Q751 (public) prayer Iconclass
22C3114 rays as nimbus Iconclass
25G1 plants (in general) Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H11 mountains Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
25I1411 lane, alley Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
26D1 snow Iconclass
31B6214 weeping Iconclass
31B62141 tears Iconclass
41A housing Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41D221 head-gear Iconclass
41D26511 gold-thread embroidery Iconclass
41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass
46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass
61E(JERUSALEM) names of cities and villages (JERUSALEM) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass
73D Passion of Christ Iconclass
73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion Iconclass
73D6 the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38) Iconclass
73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning Iconclass
73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass
73D82(CROWN OF THORNS) crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass
School / Style Early Netherlandish AAT
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen / Joseph Casier. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (2de reeks)
Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 19-20)
Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand (exposition itinérante 'Quarante chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand' Bruxelles, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 12 février - 6 mars 1949 ; Liège, 12 mars - 3 avril 1949 ; Luxembourg, 9 avril - 1 mai 1949 ; Lille, 14 mai - 12 juin 1949) / Georges Chabot, Paul Eeckhout. - Bruxelles : Editions de la Connaissance, 1949 (nr. 5)
Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 19)
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen / Willy Laureyssens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 36-37)
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen / Willy Laureyssens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 24 a-b)
Early Netherlandish Painting / Max Julius Friedländer, Gerard Lemmens, Henri Pauwels. - Leyden : A.W. Sijthoff, 1967-1976 ; Brussels : La Connaissance, 1967-1976 (dl. 12, p. 116, nr. 263 (ill. 145))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 63 (ill. 102))
Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart / Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker. - Leipzig : Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1907-1950 (dl. 7, p. 429)
De Noord-Nederlandsche schilderkunst / Godefridus Joannes Hoogewerff. - Den Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1936-1947 (vol. 2)
Jacob Cornelisz Van Oostsanen (ca.1475-1533) : De Renaissance in Amsterdam en Alkmaar ('De eerste Hollandse meester' ; tentoonstelling Amsterdam Museum ; Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum en Grote Kerk of Sint Laurenskerk ; 15.03 - 29.06.2014) / Daantje Meuwissen, Peter Van den Brink, Henri L.M. Defoer, Mart Van Duijn. - Zwolle : Waanders Uitgevers, 2014 (p. 118, 272)
Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 23)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 14, 68-69 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
Von Van Eyck bis Bruegel : Die frühen niederländischen Maler / Max Julius Friedländer. - Köln : Phaidon-Verlag, 1965
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