3216
Gossaert, Jan called Mabuse after
1478 Maubeuge - 1532 Antwerp.
The Mocking of Christ.
Oil on copper. Unsigned.
H 57, W 43 cm (support). Framed.
The present painting is a painterly, extremely successful variation on the mockery of Christ by Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse, which is in the Szépmüvészeti Múzeum in Budapest with the inventory number 4326. It is part of the collection that Count János Pálffy (1829 - 1908) bequeathed to the museum after his death. The posture of Christ, the drapery of the cloth, as well as all architectural elements are based on the Budapest model. The most striking difference is the abandonment of the depiction of the people mocking Christ, which puts the focus on the body of the suffering Christ. In Gossaert's painting, the people are behind the blocks of stone on which Christ is sitting and in front of the wall in the background.
We would like to thank Ms Júlia Tátrai, head of the departement of Old Master paintings of the Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, for the kind remarks via E-Mail, based on photos, 11.08.2020.
Provenance: estate of Curt Edgar Schreiber, former managing director of the watch factory Mauthe, Schwenningen, and successors.

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