Carrying of the Cross (Christ & the Holy Women)

Carrying of the Cross, Christ and the Holy Women

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Religious

Dimensions:

3.5 x 5 cm

Medium:

Watercolor

Support:

Ivory

Year:

ca. 1606

Location/Last Sold:

Milan, Italy, Ambrosiana, inv. #271 (2)

Collector/Patron:

Federico Borromeo (1564-1631)

Attribution

Ertz 2008-10, #318

Ertz 1979, #138

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Our Attribution:

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Provenance

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1618

Milan, Italy

Donated by Cardinal Borromeo to Ambrosiana

Additional Information

Bibliography

Ertz 1979, cat. #138

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #318

Ertz 1979, cat. #138

Ertz 2008-10, cat. #318

Discussion

2 Comments

Elizabeth Honig

Mon, 2012-06-18 17:00

For comments on Holy Water Stoup see entry on Procession in the winter. The present work is one of four Brueghel miniatures mounted together in that. Dating is not fixed; letters only show that it must have been done before 1616.

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Claudia Insenga

Thu, 2016-05-05 13:01

Letter to Borromeo, 13 March 1616. “d un ovato d’avorio di due bande, della passion di Cristo in figurette minime con la maggior accuratezza ch’ussasi mai in cosa alcuna” (Crivelli, pg. 224).

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Brueghel Family: Jan Brueghel the Elder

Carrying of the Cross (Christ & the Holy Women)

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