The Lamentation by Cornelis Engebrechtz. Van Leyden simultaneously depicts various episodes from Christ’s Passion. In the background we see the deposition from the Cross on Mount Golgotha and the soldiers and crowd returning to Jerusalem; in the foreground Christ’s lifeless body lies at his mother’s feet. John supports Christ’s head while Mary Magdalens and two holy women kneel next to the corpse. Next to Christ lie the symbols of the Passion, the crown of thorns and the nails with which he was crucified. Van Engebrechtsz. Van Leyden is mainly known for his narrative scenes from the Bible. This painting was probably the central panel of a triptych and comes from the Dominican monastery in Ghent. The rich garments, the decorative folds of the drapery and the representation of space in successive planes is typical of late gothic painting in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
| Artist |
Cornelis Engebrechtsz.
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| Title | The Lamentation of Christ |
| Date | ca. 1515 - ca. 1520 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Northern Netherlands |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1904-D |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1904 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1904-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/123/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
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11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11F25 'Mater Dolorosa' Iconclass 11H saints Iconclass 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass 11HH female saints 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 25G1 plants (in general) Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H113 (high) hill 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 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 45D313 private soldier Iconclass 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman Iconclass 56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) 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 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 73D612 the cross(es) in the background Iconclass 73D6712 loin-cloth ~ particularities of crucifixion scenes Iconclass 73D72 the mourning over the dead Christ Iconclass 73D721 lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns) Iconclass 73D82(CROWN OF THORNS) crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass 73D82(NAILS) nails ~ instruments of the Passion 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. 89) |
| Cornelis Engebrechtsz, de herkomst van zijn kunst / E. Pelinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 56-57) |
| 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. 6) |
| 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 (nr. 19) |
| A Tondo by C. Engebrechtsz / Julius Samuel Held. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 89) |
| Cornelis Engebrechtsz / Willy Laureyssens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 38-39) |
| Early Netherlandish Painting / Max Julius Friedländer, Gerard Lemmens, Henri Pauwels. - Leyden : A.W. Sijthoff, 1967-1976 ; Brussels : La Connaissance, 1967-1976 (dl. X, p. 79, nr. 96) |
| Early Netherlandish Painting / Max Julius Friedländer, Gerard Lemmens, Henri Pauwels. - Leyden : A.W. Sijthoff, 1967-1976 ; Brussels : La Connaissance, 1967-1976 (nr. 96 (ill. 75)) |
| The Paintings of Cornelis Engebrechtsz / Walter Samuel Gibson. - New York City : Garland, 1977 (p. 70) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 13, 15) |
| Dialoog met Het Geschonden Beeld na 250 jaar restaureren / Roger Hendrik Marijnissen, Leopold Kockaert. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1995 (p. 136 (ill.)) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 268 (ill. 19)) |
| 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. 24) |
| 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. 87 (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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