Christ in Limbo (Aschaffenburg)

General Info

Object Type:

Painting

Genre:

Religious

Dimensions:

21.6 x 28 cm

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Support Marks:

Marking "GALLIAE NARBONENSIS ORA MARITTIMA RECENTER DESCRIPTA" on reverse, indicating original use as a map

Year:

ca. 1600

Location/Last Sold:

Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, inv. #6408; currently on deposit at Aschaffenburg

Collaborator:

Hans Rottenhammer (1564-1625)

Attribution

Ertz 1984, #129 as Jan the Younger

Honig database number as Jan and studio

Munich 2013 as studio of Jan and possibly Rottenhammer's studio

Our Attribution:

Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio

Provenance

map

Until 1814

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Aschaffenburg Gallery

Additional Information

Extra Images and Curatorial Files

Bibliography

Peltzer 1916, p. 353, #3

Ertz 1984, cat. #129, pp. 65, 302

Schlichtenmaier 1988, pp. 212ff., nr. G

Ertz 2008-10, under #277

Peltzer 1916, p. 353, #3

Ertz 1984, cat. #129, pp. 65, 302

Schlichtenmaier 1988, pp. 212ff., nr. G

Ertz 2008-10, under #277

Exhibition History

Munich 2013, #21

Discussion

1 Comment

Elizabeth Honig

Sat, 2015-06-27 17:00

The copper plate is inscribed with "GALLIAE NARBONENSIS ORA MARITTIMA RECENTER DESCRIPTA" on the back which indicates that it was intended to be used for engraving/printing a map.

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Christ in Limbo (Aschaffenburg)

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