The Lamentation of Christ
after 1484 | Geertgen tot Sint Jans
This panel originates from the High Altar of the Chapel of the Order of St. John in Haarlem. This altar is the masterpiece by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, the most important master of Dutch painting of the 15th century. The “Lamentation of Christ” formed the inner side of the right wing. The centre panel with a Crucifixion of Christ and the left wing were destroyed during the Iconoclasm or the Siege of Haarlem by Spanish troops.
This panel originates from the High Altar of the Chapel of the Order of St. John in Haarlem. This altar is the masterpiece by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, the most important master of Dutch painting of the 15th century. The “Lamentation of Christ” formed the inner side of the right wing. The centre panel with a Crucifixion of Christ and the left wing were destroyed during the Iconoclasm or the Siege of Haarlem by Spanish troops.
Artist:
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (um 1460/65 Leiden (?) - nach 1490 Haarlem) DNB
Time:
after 1484
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Early Netherlandish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
oben beschnitten: top cut: 175 x 139 cm
Framed: 194 cm x 160,5 cm x 10,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 991
Provenance
After the destruction of the altar during the siege of Haarlem by Spanish troops, the remaining wing was temporarily transferred to Utrecht in 1573; until 1625 in the possession of the Order of St. John in Haarlem; then until 1628 in the possession of the city of Haarlem; in 1636 given as a gift by the States General to King Charles I of England; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm;