Virgin Supporting the Dead Christ

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image is an engraving of a group of people surrounding a reclining man. The central figure is a bearded man with a bare torso, lying on a draped fabric. To his left is another figure kneeling, and next to them is an angel with large wings. To the right of the central figure, a woman sits, holding him with one arm and gesturing upward with the other. Behind the central figure, a young man with curly hair points towards him. The scene is set against a rocky background with clouds above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.23.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 536, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 536, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65577210

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