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ID number: BIRBI-60.8 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: circle of Memling, Hans (about 1430-1494) Title / Object name: Christ on the Cross, with a donor Object type: Painting Place made: probably Bruges Culture: Belgian Date made: 1480s Materials: Oil on wood Measurements: 44 x 33 cm Provenance: Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 1927; Bottenweisser, Paris, 1937; H. A. Buttery, 1946; H. E. M. Benn, Bradford, 1946; purchased from H. E. M. Benn in 1960 for £4,000. |
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The artist, a follower of Memling (died 1494) derives his name from the shutters of an altarpiece at Ghent, which are painted with scenes from the life of St Ursula. The crucified Christ is here silhouetted against the sky, as was common in Netherlandish painting, in a minutely observed landscape, which includes Jerusalem behind and, on the hill to the left, the agony in the garden (compare with Cima's Christ on the Cross, Bay 1). The donor's spiritual nearness to Christ is emphasised by showing them of equal size and in the same plane. |
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1 Related People | |
| Master of the Legend of St Ursula Early Netherlandish | |
2 Related Publications | |
| Martin Luther und die Reformation in Deutschland Germanisches Museum, Nuremburg 1938 | |
| Early Netherlandish painting Friedländer, M. J. 1971 | |
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