The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda, Pieter Aertsen, 1575

Identification

Title(s)

The Healing of the Paralytic, Pool of Bethesda

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4892

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd: '1575/ME 17'’
inscription: ‘Op de toegangspoort tot de bron: IOA VC (=Johannes 5, 1-16)’

Description

De genezing van de lamme te Bethesda (Johannes 5:1-16). Christus staat voor een rijk gedecoreerde poort, waarvoor zich een groot aantal zieken bevindt. Achter de poort is te zien hoe een engel in de genezende bron duikt.

Creation

Artist

painter: Pieter Aertsen

Dating

1-Jan-1575 - 17-May-1575

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 56 cm × width 75 cm
depth 8.2 cm

Subject

What

sick people lying near the pool of Bethesda ~ Christ healing paralytics (John 5:1-9)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

purchase May-1994

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; the dealer P. de Boer, Amsterdam;{Kloek 2003, p. 364.}…; the dealer F. Kleinberger, New York, 1952;{Note RMA.}…; from the Breddermann family, Hagen, DM 50,000, to the museum, with support from the Rijksmuseum Stichting, 1994

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Een Aertsen tussen de surrealisten, Wouter Theodoor Kloek
W. Kloek, 'Pieter Aertsen en de wereld op zijn kop', Amsterdam 2010, p. 51, afb. 46

Persistent URL

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