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The Assumption of the Virgin, 1650 - ca. 1655

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 277.5 x 178 cm
  • Inv. 1926-A

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After Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens was one of the most prolific painters of his time. In the bottom right-hand corner of the altarpiece, The Assumption of the Virgin, we see a half-erased coat of arms and the inscription, ‘Dono Dedit V.D. Venne’, referring to the Van de Venne family who donated the painting. The composition almost literally stems from the Assumption of the Virgin that Rubens painted for Antwerp Cathedral in 1624. Jordaens’ version in Ghent dates from 1650-1655. The Antwerp master’s work is characterised by the schematic composition and the fairly stereotype attitudes and gestures of the figures. One of the apostles on the right of the canvas is probably Abraham Grapheus. Jordaens painted several sketches of the expressive head of Grapheus. One of them is in the collection of the Museum.

Artist

Jacob Jordaens RKD VIAF Wikidata
Antwerp 1593 - Antwerp 1678
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Title The Assumption of the Virgin
Date 1650 - ca. 1655
Period 17th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings coat of arms with inscription bottom right: DONO DEDIT V.D. VENNE
signature and year on the reverse: jacobus jordans / pinxit 1627
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1926-A
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1926
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1926-A
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1054/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass
11F81 miraculous statues of Mary or the Madonna Iconclass
11F9 Mary devotion Iconclass
11G angels Iconclass
11G21 angels singing, making music Iconclass
11G23(+2) angels crowning and/or bringing palm-branches (+ Mary) Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass
11HH female saints Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C2 artificial light Iconclass
22C8 shadow Iconclass
25G41 flowers Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass
31A25551 index finger upwards Iconclass
31B62 morphology of facial expression Iconclass
31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass
31D1 the ages of man Iconclass
32A6 physiognomy Iconclass
41D212 coat, cape Iconclass
42E31 grave, tomb Iconclass
43A4321 apotheosis (or ascension) of individuals Iconclass
44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty) Iconclass
48B13 artist's model, sitter Iconclass
61B2(ABRAHAM GRAPHEUS) historical person (ABRAHAM GRAPHEUS) Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
73E77 the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
Jacob Jordaens / Léo Van Puyvelde. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 42)
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. 82)
Jordaens / Léo Van Puyvelde. - Paris : Elsevier, 1953 (p. 147, 194)
De tekeningen van Jacob Jordaens : Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van de XVIIe-eeuwse kunst in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden / Roger-Adolf d'Hulst. - Brussel : Paleis der Academiën, 1956 (p. 269)
Jacob Jordaens / Paul Eeckhout. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 206-209)
Jacques Jordaens : 1593-1678 (exposition Ottawa, La Galerie National du Canada , 29.11.1968 - 05.01.1969) / Michael Jaffé. - Ottawa : Galerie Nationale du Canada, 1968 (p. 133)
Jordaens Drawings / Roger-Adolf d'Hulst. - Brussel : Arcade, 1974 (p. 370, 538)
Jordaens in Belgisch bezit (tentoonstelling Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 24.06 - 24.09.1978) / Marc Vandenven, Roger-Adolf d'Hulst, Eva Paîs-Minne, Roger Hendrik Marijnissen. - Antwerpen : Ministerie van Nederlandse Cultuur, 1978 (p. 85)
Jacob Jordaens [1977] / Jacques Foucart. - Paris : Grand Palais, 1977 (p. 106)
Jacob Jordaens / Roger-Adolf d'Hulst. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1982 (p. 245)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 52)
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.)
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. 113 (ill.))
Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 34-35 (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
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