Christ on the Cross

Related Artist: Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

The Courtauld, London, United Kingdom

© The Courtauld (Samuel Courtauld Trust) Christ on the Cross

Object details

Title

Christ on the Cross

Technique and support

oil on panel

Dimensions

62.5 x 48.9 cm

Artist

Related artist

Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Most recent published attribution

Van Dyck [Larsen 1988]

Collection and provenance

Collection

The Courtauld, London, United Kingdom

Inv. no.

P.1947.LF.107

Provenance

J. Newington Hughes, Winchester, by 1831;
his sale, Christie’s, 15 April 1848 (135), as Van Dyck;
Rev. A. J. Biddell;
his sale, Whitton and Laing, Exeter, 17 March 1925 (173);
bought by Lord Lee of Fareham in London, 1925.

Literature

Literature

Smith 1831, p. 114, no. 411, as Van Dyck;
Larsen 1988, II, no. 711, as Van Dyck.

Consult the bibliography

Panel reverse

Cradled or uncradled

Cradled

Dendrochronology

Genus of wood

Oak

Number of planks

2

Plank no. 1

Tree rings: 208
Dated: AD 1358 – 1565
Felled: After AD 1576 (terminus post quem)
Origin: south-eastern Belgium/ north-eastern France

Plank no. 2

Tree rings: 127
Dated: undated
Felled: -
Origin: -

Planks of the same tree

1. and plank 1 from Anthony Van Dyck, St. Sebastian after his Ordeal, J. Paul Getty Museum, USA (US016/2019),
2. and plank 2 from Anthony Van Dyck, St. Sebastian after his Ordeal, J. Paul Getty Museum, USA (US016/2019)

Date of investigation

03 April 2017

Dendro report no.

LO008/2020

Author

Drs. Justin Davies

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