Peter Paul Rubens
(Umkreis)
(1577-1640)
Die Beweinung Christi,
um 1620
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
203,5 x 156,5 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1806 aus der Galerie Düsseldorf
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Peter Paul Rubens(Umkreis), Die Beweinung Christi, um 1620, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A9xlazzLWv (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
The Pietà, in which the body of Christ is presented to the world by his mother, the Virgin Mary, is one of the especially moving forms of depiction in art. Here, it is expanded into a Lamentation scene through St John and the mourning female figure. The body, marked by the agonies of the Crucifixion, awakens compassion in the viewer—thoroughly in keeping with the Counter-Reformation that urged the faithful to grasp the suffering of Christ more intensely. The attribution of the work to Van Dyck is disputed; an attribution to the circle of Rubens has recently been proposed.
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