Uur van de Dood, Ferdinand Bol, 1642 - 1644
Ferdinand Bol, portraitFerdinand BolDutch, 1616–1680

Uur van de Dood

1642 - 1644 · Print

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

Source
The museum

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Dutch

Hoveling trekt zich terug voor bezinning in de tuin van het paleis. Het skelet van de Dood zit naast hem. Een courtisane probeert hem te verleiden maar hij geeft niet toe aan aardse lusten. Hij bekeert haar tot een kuise levenswijze.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number
RP-P-OB-190

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Ferdinand Bol

The whole life
  1. after 1635

    Apprenticed in Rembrandt's workshop

    After December 1635, when Bol is still recorded in Dordrecht as a painter, he works as an apprentice in Rembrandt's Amsterdam workshop (other accounts say already after 1630) and lives in his house. He followed his master so closely that many of his paintings were long attributed to Rembrandt himself, and Rembrandt even sold his pupil's work.

  2. 1636–1641

    Teacher: Rembrandt

  3. 1636–1680 · Workplace

    Amsterdam

  4. 1641

    Opens his own studio

    After his father's death, Bol opens his own studio and establishes himself as an independent artist.

  5. 1641

    Pupil: Cornelis Bisschop

  6. 1641

    Death of his father, Balthasar Bol

    Balthasar Bol, chief surgeon of Dordrecht, dies; Rembrandt had painted his portrait when he came to Amsterdam to visit his son.

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