This extraordinary early drawing was discovered in 2011 during the preparations for the museum’s exhibition The Road to Van Eyck (2012-13). It caused a sensation in the art world and attracted considerable media attention, as well as visitors. Afterwards it was acquired from the private owners - three brothers whose late father had bought the drawing in a small village sale in 1971 for only ten guilders (4.5 euro) - just in time to be also included in the exhibition Bosch to Bloemaert. Early Netherlandish Drawings in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the accompanying catalogue (2014). The drawing was the subject of a special publication in the Boijmans Studies series, An Eyckian Crucifixion Explored. Ten Essays on a Drawing (2016) and was exhibited along with Van Eyck’s New York Crucifixion diptych in A New Look at a Van Eyck Masterpiece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016). [ text: Albert Elen 2021 ]
Specifications
| Title | Crucifixion of Christ |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Goldpoint, silverpoint, pen and black ink on prepared paper |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 254 mm Width 187 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Maker:
Jan van Eyck
: Anoniem |
| Accession number | MB 2014/T 1 (PK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rembrandt Association (thanks to its Dura Kunstfonds), Mondriaan Fund and VSBfonds, 2014 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 2014 |
| Creation date | in circa 1440-1450 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De weg naar Van Eyck / The Road to Van Eyck (2012) |
| External exhibitions |
Bosch to Bloemaert. Early Netherlandish Drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (2014) Bosch to Bloemaert. Early Netherlandish Drawings (2017) Van Eyck. Een optische revolutie (2020) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Prepare
> Prepared
> Shaping techniques
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
Prepare
> Prepared
> Shaping techniques
> General technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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All about the artist
Jan van Eyck
Maaseik circa 1390/1399 - Brugge 1441
Jan van Eyck worked at various royal courts, and was, for example, court painter to Philip the Good of Burgundy. It is suggested that Jan van Eyck discovered...
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