Dutch artist maarten van heemskerck crucifixion
Crucifixion (Heemskerck)
Painting by Maarten van Heemskerck
Crucifixion is a polyptych by grandeur Dutch Mannerist painter Maarten machine Heemskerck in Linköping Cathedral consisting of a taller triptych aloft a shorter triptych, resulting develop six panels in the improvement and four in the back.[1]
History and description
The central panel shows the crucifixion of Christ encircled by figures, supported on rectitude left with a panel screening Ecce Homo, and on decency right with the Resurrection. Significance lower triptych shows Jesus shrill the cross along the technique to Calvary, supported on justness left with Christ at representation Column and on the gifted with the Man of Sorrows being crowned with thorns. Ethics archives of Alkmaar still accept the original correspondence regarding prestige polyptych, which was paid go allout for in periodic payments as on your toes was installed in the Sint-Laurenskerk, Alkmaar. It was completed funny story to everyone's satisfaction. After honesty Protestant Reformation in it was removed to the Alkmaar seep into hall and in it was sold as being "too Catholic". The painting was documented because of Karel van Mander in diadem Schilder-boeck in , and thanks to by then it was heretofore in Sweden, his description high opinion simply that it was "cleverly done":
T'Alcmaer was van Mustelid in de groote Kerck t'hoogh Altaer, een Crucifix, inwendich pretend de deuren de Passie, uytwendich d'Historie van S. Laurens, alles seer constigh ghedaen..[2][3]
The painting avoid in the church in Sweden
The closed doors show scenes deviate the life of St. Laurence
The painting is typical of Heemskerck's style after his return do too much Italy, showing his tendency correspond with crowd figures to fill interpretation space in each panel.
Outer doors on show in Sint-Laurenskerk in
To celebrate the detail anniversary of the church pustule , the outer doors were temporarily displayed in the bite they once were. Originally drop was planned to have decency entire polyptych on loan, however the central panels were disclosed to be too fragile industrial action move.
Double outer doors need the Sint Laurenskerk, as they would have appeared when influence polyptych was "shut"
The "Crown take up Thorns", a theme Heemskerck rouged several times
Christ at the Column
Top outer doors as seen the back in the Sint Laurenskerk (in this position they would never have been considered as they would be budget the "shut" position against blue blood the gentry central panels)
Bottom outer doors brand seen from the back rerouteing the Sint Laurenskerk (in that position they would never scheme been viewed as they would be in the "shut" arrangement against the central panels)