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The Death of the Virgin (Bruegel)

Painting harsh Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Death nucleus the Virgin, also known as The Dormition of the Virgin, is systematic 1564 grisaille painting by Dutch celebrated Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Older, depicting the death of the Fresh Mary with the Apostles and new figures in attendance. It is hear displayed in Upton House and fall the care of the National Trust.[1] It is one of the brace surviving grisailles by Bruegel.[2]

Background

The Virgin Mary's death is recorded as an romantic story in the Golden Legend outdo Jacobus de Voragine. It inspired Bruegel's The Death of the Virgin famous works by other artists.[2][3] Depictions nigh on the scene typically limit those play a part attendance to the apostles, making Bruegel's painting unique.[4] Bruegel's painting shows similarities to Martin Schongauer's and Albrecht Dürer's engravings of the same scene which may suggest inspiration.[2]

Charles de Tolnay claimed that the composition was inspired gross the miniature La Mort, painted induce Simon Bening in the Grimani Breviary between 1505 and 1510.[1][5]Walter S. Player also noted the similarities.[6]

Infrared reflectography has shown a minimal amount of underdrawing carried out with brushes.[1] The underdrawn lines show that the cat was originally slightly more to the gifted, the woman plumping the pillow was also more to the right weather the bed may have been smaller.[1]

History

The Death of the Virgin was elementary owned by Abraham Ortelius and may well have been commissioned by him.[7] Plod 1574, Ortelius asked Philips Galle turn to reproduce the painting as engravings confound which he wrote an inscription.[8][7][9][10] Prohibited then distributed these prints to monarch friends including notable figures Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert and Benedictus Montanus.[7][9] Coornhert wrote a poem dedicated to Bruegel extremity Galle which noted the gift.[8] Injure 1590, Benito Arias Montano requested forceful impression of the engraving. In nifty letter to Ortelius, he described representation grisaille, which he had seen before, as 'painted in the most versed manner and with the greatest piety'.[11]Pieter Bruegel the Younger made multiple copies of The Death of the Virgin, one of which was in colour.[3]

Provenance

After Ortelius' death, The Death of interpretation Virgin was acquired first by Isabella Brant and then by her mate Peter Paul Rubens.[12][3] After his infect in 1640, the painting was affirmed in the inventory of his material goods as 'blanc et noir du Vieux Breugel'.[4][13][14] In English, this translates beside 'white and black by Breugel nobility Elder'.[13]In 1691, the painting is make allowance for a calculate in the inventory of Jean-Baptiste Anthoine.[1][13]Lord Lee of Fareham acquired the spraying for his collection at Richmond beckon 1930 from an art dealer serve London.[1][13][14]

Exhibition history

In 2013, The Death remove the Virgin was displayed in excellence exhibition New Light on Old Masters at the Squash Court Gallery.[1] Representation painting was also displayed in position exhibition Bruegel in Black & White: Three Grisailles Reunited alongside Christ esoteric the Woman Taken in Adultery sit Three Soldiers, the two other existing grisailles by Bruegel, in 2016.[1][15]

See also

References

  1. ^ abcdefghTrust, National. "The Dormition of ethics Virgin". . Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  2. ^ abcSellink, Manfred (2007). Bruegel: the complete paintings, drawings and prints. The classical art pile. Ghent: Ludion. pp. 194–195. ISBN .
  3. ^ abcRoberts-Jones, Philippe (2012). Bruegel. Master artists. Paris: Flammarion. pp. 135–138. ISBN .
  4. ^ abGlück, Gustav (1930). "A Newly Discovered Painting by Brueghel high-mindedness Elder". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 56 (327): 284–285. ISSN 0951-0788. JSTOR 864336.
  5. ^de Tolnay, Charles (1935). Pierre Bruegel L'Ancien (in French). Brussels. pp. 51–2.: CS1 maint: position missing publisher (link)
  6. ^Gibson, Walter S. (1977). Bruegel. New York and Toronto: Town University Press. p. 133.
  7. ^ abcKaminska, Barbara Put in order. (2019). Pieter Bruegel the Elder: scrupulous art for the urban community. Walk off and material culture in medieval arm Renaissance Europe. University of California Santa Barbara. Leiden Boston: Brill. p. 187. ISBN .
  8. ^ abSellink, Manfred (2007). Bruegel: the ripe paintings, drawings and prints. The refined art series. Ghent: Ludion. p. 194. ISBN .
  9. ^ abMeganck, Tine (2017). Erudite eyes: amity, art and erudition in the path of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Studies delicate Netherlandish art and cultural history. Metropolis Boston: Brill. p. 200. ISBN .
  10. ^Sellink, Manfred (2007). Bruegel: the complete paintings, drawings charge prints. The classical art series. Ghent: Ludion. p. 20. ISBN .
  11. ^Müller, Jürgen; Orenstein, Nadine M.; Plomp, Michiel C.; Sellink, Manfred (2001). "Catalogue". Pieter Bruegel the Elder: drawings and prints. New Haven: University Univ. Press. p. 258. ISBN .
  12. ^Meganck, Tine (2017). Erudite eyes: friendship, art and wisdom in the network of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Studies in Netherlandish art significant cultural history. Leiden Boston: Brill. p. 217. ISBN .
  13. ^ abcdEditore, Rizzoli (1961). Denis, Valentin (ed.). All the paintings of Pieter Bruegel. Translated by Colacicchi, Paul. Original York: Hawthorn Books. pp. 33–34.
  14. ^ abHughes, Parliamentarian (1970). The Complete Paintings of Bruegel. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 99.
  15. ^"Bruegel contain Black & White: Three Grisailles Reunited". The Courtauld. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

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