Very few panel paintings were done before Jan van Eyck’s time. This four-lobed medallion depicting a burial scene illustrates the transition from miniature painting – especially in its size and decorative background – to panel painting.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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|---|---|
| Title | Entombment |
| Date | ca. 1400 |
| Period |
14th century
15th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-CF |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CF |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/115/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA) the Jewish councillor Joseph of Arimathaea; possible attributes: Holy Grail, instruments of the Passion (e.g. three nails, crown of thorns) 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 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things Iconclass 31B62141 tears Iconclass 56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass 42E33 sarcophagus Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass 73D7213 Christ's body on or in the grave Iconclass 73D76 Christ's entombment (possibly by angels) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Early Netherlandish AAT |
| 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. 142) |
| 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. 9 (ill.), 170-171 (ill.)) |
| De weg naar Van Eyck (tentoonstelling Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 13.10.2012 - 10.02.2013) / Stephan Kemperdick, Friso Lammertse, Rozanne De Bruijne, Nadja Garthoff, Anne-Maria Van Egmond. - Rotterdam : Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2012 |
| 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 |
| Die Goldene Tafel aus Lüneburg : Akten des wissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums / Ergebnisband des Forschungsprojektes (Landesmuseum Hannover, April 2016) / Antje-Fee Köllermann, Christine Unsinn, Babette Hartwieg, Bernadette Freysoldt, Iris Herpers. - Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, 2021 ; Hannover : Niedersachsisches Museum Hannover, 2021 (p. 412-413) |
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