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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.276
People
Aert Mytens, Flemish (1541 - 1602)
Title
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Other Titles
Former Title: The Mocking of Christ
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1601-1602
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228502

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
61.2 x 47.4 cm (24 1/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
framed: 75.7 x 61.9 x 6.5 cm (29 13/16 x 24 3/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, stenciled in black: 729 HD [?]
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, stenciled in black: 75 A [?] JR
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, handwritten in black ink: Elsheimer
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, handwritten: 82[ ]
  • label: on back of copper sheet, printed in black: A. Elsheimer / Christ Crowned with Thorns / on copper-- 23 in. by 18 in.
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, handwritten in black [in an old hand]: D[ ]
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, handwritten in black: born 15[ ] died 1624
  • inscription: on back of copper sheet, handwritten and since effaced: [illeg.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H.S. Berlanny (probably Haim Samoilovici, b. Romania 1876 - d. London, 1952), sold [through Christie's, London, October 6, 1950, lot 108 (as by Adam Elsheimer)]; to Van Eyck. [Julius H. Weitzner, New York, NY], sold; to Robert Rantoul Endicott, 1950, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Rantoul Endicott
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.276
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Exhibition History

  • Masterpieces of European Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/22/1985 - 09/15/1985
  • Fiamminghi a Roma, 1508-1608, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Brussels, 02/24/1995 - 05/21/1995; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 06/07/1995 - 09/10/1995

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