Tafel eines Flügelaltares: Gefangennahme Christi,

um 1480/90

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

105 x 68,4 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Altniederländische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

990

Acquisition

1822 vom Kölner Kunsthändler Schreiber durch Ankauf erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Dieric Bouts d. Ä.(Nachfolger), Tafel eines Flügelaltares: Gefangennahme Christi, um 1480/90, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dn4ZPb3LaK (Last updated on 26.02.2024)

The three panels ‘The Arrest of Christ’, ‘The Resurrection’ and ‘John the Evangelist’ were originally on the wings of an altarpiece in the parish church of St Laurenz in Cologne that was demolished in 1818. The shrine of the altar itself, most probably carved—with a ‘Crucifixion’ or ‘Entombment of Christ’—has not survived. The attribution to a successor of Bouts is based on the dating of the wood, among other factors, which would make the completion of the painting during the artist’s lifetime unlikely.