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
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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 |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11F
the Virgin Mary
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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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