Jan Boeckhorst

Bockhorst, Johann

Flemish, born Germany, 1604 - 1668

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Dutch-German painter

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Jan Boeckhorst, The Risen Christ Surrounded by Saints, c. 1660, colored wash with heightening, Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1984.3.3

The Risen Christ Surrounded by Saints

Jan Boeckhorst · c. 1660 · colored wash with heightening ·  Accession ID  1984.3.3

An armored man riding a white horse cuts his scarlet-red cloak in half using his sword in this loosely painted, vertical panel. The horse walks angled to our left, and a kneeling, bare chested person to the right holds both hands up and grips the other end of the cloak. A woman, a bearded, bald man, child, and baby are clustered behind the kneeling man. The baby sleeps in the woman’s arms, but she and the other child look up at the man on horseback, Saint Martin. The end of a staff or crutch and a shallow wooden bowl are by the kneeling person’s feet. Saint Martin’s silver armor gleams with gold decoration. He and all the others have pale, peach-toned skin. Saint Martin has chin-length, curly brown hair and wears a red cap with a white feather. Two more people on horseback are behind Saint Martin, and the trio rides under an arch twined with some brown vines. A church is visible in the distance through the arch.
Jan Boeckhorst, Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak, c. 1640/1645, oil on panel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.107

Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak

Jan Boeckhorst · c. 1640/1645 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1970.17.107

Bibliography

1982

  • Lahrkamp, Helmut. "Der 'Lange Jan': Leben und Werk des Barockmalers Johann Bockhorst aus Münster." Westfalen. Hefte für Geschichte, Kunst und Volkskunde 60 (1982): 3-22.

1990

  • Huvenne, Paul, et al. Jan Boeckhorst 1694-1668: Maler der Rubenszeit. Exh. cat. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster; Rubenshuis, Antwerp. Freren, 1990.

1998

  • Johann Bockhorst. Der Maler aus Münster zur Zeit des Westfälischen Friedens. Exh. cat. Stadtmuseum Münster, 1998.

2005

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 5.