South Netherlandish School, 1489

The Agony in the Garden, with a member of the Jdden family with his wife, kneeling as donors in the foreground

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South Netherlandish School, 1489
The Agony in the Garden, with a member of the Jdden family with his wife, kneeling as donors in the foreground
inscribed Domine meus memento mei - My Lord be mindful of me) lower left and Vere obtrivit mortem - Truly he has destroyed death) lower right and dated 1489 on the frame and inscribed with the coats-of-arms of the donors on the frame
oil on panel, in an integral frame
52.3 x 43.4 cm

Provenance

Miss De Dobbelstein (inscription on the reverse: CE TABLEAU/APARTIEN A/MADEMOISELLE/DE DOBBELSTEIN/DONO DEDIT AMICAE).
Benzinger Collection, Solothurn.
Vicomte Lon Ruffo de Bonneval de la Fare, Brussels.
Anon. Sale, Christie's New York, 12 January 1994, lot 63, ill.

Literature

P. Wytsman, Tableaux anciens peu connus en Belgique, collection recueillie et dcrite par P. Wytsman, 1899.

Exhibited

Bruges, Exposition des Primitifs Flamands et d'Art ancien", 15 June-15 September 1902, no.377, as unknown, 1489.

Lot Essay

The composition is based on the engraving by Martin Schongauer (B.9[124]).
The male coat-of-arms has been kindly identified by E. Wolleswinkel of the Iconografisch Bureau, The Hague. A member of the same family was portrayed by an unknown South Netherlandish artist, see the picture in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne.

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