Calvary (Munich)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | ca. 1598 |
Dimensions | 36.2 x 55.4 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #274 Ertz 1979, #54 |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Collection | Alte Pinakothek |
Accession numbers | inv. #823 |
Tags | Traveling, Horse, Field, Mountain, Burghers, Soldiers, Christ, New Testament |
Stiff copy (signed) in National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, photo RKD (copper, 35 x 55) -- page on wiki; slightly better copy formerly private collection, Warsaw (Graaf Prezdziecki) (copper, 46 x 60).
This work has been connected to a composition by Durer; although it would be 6 years before Jan would copy Durer's great Crucifixion drawing in Prague, the composition was evidently known in the Netherlands and had been used as a model for other works.