7.400 €
A pair of wings of a small private triptych
- The Resurrection of Christ
- The Crucifixion of Christ
Both oil on panel in integral frames : 39,3 X 11,3 cm/each
Signed “Jan van Delderen” and dated “1..8”
(the second digit must have been a 5, the third digit was probably an 8)
Frame : 53,7 X 36,4 cm
The left painting represents the Resurrection of Christ
Three days after his death on the cross God raised Jesus from the dead.
In our painting Christ stands on the lid of his tomb, while Roman soldiers look at him with utter surprise. Christ is holding the so-called
The right painting represents the Crucifixion of Christ
Jesus was crucified on Mount Golgotha. In the background one sees Jerusalem.
On top of his cross one reads “INRI”. These four letters refer to a sign that the Roman soldiers had sarcastically attached on his cross reading in Latin “Iesus Nazarenus, Rex ludaeorum (“Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews).
The two figures at the foot of the cross are Christ’s mother, Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, his closest follower.