Bewening van Christus

1613 - 1658 · Print

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Where is “Bewening van Christus” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

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-75.818

What it shows

Lamentation of Christ

In the catalog

Prints Baroque 17th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

In the life of Paulus Pontius

The whole life

3 December 1616
Apprenticeship with Osias Beert
On December 3, 1616, in Antwerp, he was apprenticed to the painter and still-life master Osias Beert.
c. 1620s
Training in Engraving with Lucas Vorsterman
He worked under the renowned engraver Lucas Vorsterman, from whom he learned the art of engraving.
1624
Chief Engraver of Rubens's Workshop
After Vorsterman's quarrel with Rubens in 1624, Pontius took his place and for several years was the workshop's principal engraver, reproducing the master's drawings and paintings.
1624–1631
Living in Rubens's House
From 1624 to 1631 Pontius lived in Rubens's house.
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