The Lamentation
1614 | Peter Paul Rubens
This panel painting, which was created for private devotional use, focuses like a burning mirror on the Passion and the act of Christ’s redemption. The persons and objects are depicted with sensual differentiation and are intended to lead the viewer to a better understanding of the Passion story. This picture, which was painted with particular brilliance, is one of the few works by Rubens that he signed and dated.
This panel painting, which was created for private devotional use, focuses like a burning mirror on the Passion and the act of Christ’s redemption. The persons and objects are depicted with sensual differentiation and are intended to lead the viewer to a better understanding of the Passion story. This picture, which was painted with particular brilliance, is one of the few works by Rubens that he signed and dated.
Artist:
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
1614
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 40,3 cm × 52,5 cm × 0,5 cm
Framed: 55,5 cm × 67,5 cm × 5,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the outer left of the rock: P.P. RVBENS.F.I.6.I.4
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 515
Provenance
1638-1649 Hamilton Coll.; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm