Paulus PontiusFlemish, 1603–1658Bewening van Christus
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Where is “Bewening van Christus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Maria, Maria Magdalena en Johannes de Evangelist treuren bij het lichaam van Christus. Aan Christus' voeten liggen de doornenkroon en de spijkers. In de marge een vierregelig onderschrift, in twee kolommen, in het Latijn. Daaronder een opdracht in het Latijn.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-33.218
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Paulus Pontius
The whole life1624–1631
Living in Rubens's House
From 1624 to 1631 Pontius lived in Rubens's house.
26 April 1634
Adriaen Brouwer Moves into His House
On April 26, 1634, the famous but impoverished genre painter Adriaen Brouwer, a close friend of Pontius, moved into his house on the Everdijstraat; in the same year both joined the chamber of rhetoric De Violieren.
after 1640
Work After Van Dyck, Jordaens, and Others Following Rubens's Death
After Rubens's death in 1640 he produced numerous reproductive engravings after originals by Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Seghers, de Crayer, Titian, and Velázquez; in all he executed 42 plates after Rubens.
16 January 1658
Died
