Crucifixion (Munich)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | ca. 1605 |
Dimensions | 28 x 21.5 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #276 |
Location/Most Recent Sale | Germany, Private Collection |
Tags | Bridge, Castle, Church, Field, Mountain, River, Christ, New Testament, Boat |
This seems to be the better of the two related images; the landscape and cityscapes are much more detail-filled and characteristic of Jan. I seems possible that the figure was actually painted by Jan himself in this case. This could be the version that was owned by his son Ambrosius and mentioned in his will of 1639: he leaves to David Teniers "een zijn stucxken schilderij van onsen Salichmaecker aent cruys, gemaect door den voors. Jan Breughel."