Perhaps part of a diptych, the panel depicts Pilate presenting Christ to the Hebrews for judgment. In keeping with its devotional function, Mostaert places the main figures close to the picture plane, showing them only half length. The dialogue of hands and the insertion of the Virgin, who has fainted in grief, between the foreground figures, contribute to the expressive force.
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Title:Christ Shown to the People
Artist:Jan Mostaert (Netherlandish, active by 1498–died 1555/56)
Date:1510–15
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:Overall 12 x 8 7/8 in. (30.5 x 22.5 cm); painted surface 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (29.2 x 21 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Object Number:1982.60.25
sale, Phillips, London, July 27, 1832, no. 4, as by Cornelis Engebrechts; John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham (1832–59; sale, Phillip's, London, August 18, 1859, no. 1466, as by Quentin Matsys, for £17.17.0, to Reverend Boyd [bought in?]); George Rushout Bowles, 3rd Lord Northwick, Northwick Park, Gloucestire (by 1864–d. 1887; cats. 1864 and 1908, no. 163, as by Engebrechtsz); his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Bowles, Lady Northwick, Northwick Park, Gloucestershire (1887–d. 1912); her grandson, E. G. Spencer-Churchill, Northwick Park (1912–d. 1964; his estate, 1964–65; his estate sale, Christie's, London, May 28, 1965, no. 59, as by Jan Mostaert, to Linsky); Mr. and Mrs. Jack Linsky, New York (1965–his d. 1980); The Jack and Belle Linsky Foundation, New York (1980–82)
London. Burlington House. "Flemish & Belgian Art: 1300–1900," 1927, no. 117 (as by Jan Mostaert, lent by Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill).
London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Dutch Pictures 1450–1750," November 22, 1952–March 1, 1953, no. 11 (as by Jan Mostaert, lent by E.G.S. Churchill).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 22, 1998–February 21, 1999, no. 92.
THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT, BY TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION BY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
Max J. Friedländer. Von Eyck bis Bruegel: Studien zur Geschichte der Niederländischen Malerei. Berlin, 1916, p. 148, attributes it to Jan Mostaert.
Tancred Borenius. Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park. London, 1921, p. 89, no. 203, attributes it to Jan Mostaert.
Tancred Borenius inCatalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Flemish & Belgian Art: A Memorial Volume. Ed. Martin Conway. Exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts. London, 1927, p. 52, no. 117,
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Max J. Friedländer. Die altniederländische Malerei. Vol. 10, Lucas van Leyden und andere Holländische Meister seiner Zeit. Berlin, 1932, p. 120, no. 12, as by Jan Mostaert.
N. I. Romanov. "Jan Mosaert's Great 'Ecce Homo'." Art in America 22 (March 1934), p. 47.
G. J. Hoogewerff. De noord-nederlandsche schilderkunst. Vol. 2, The Hague, 1937, p. 493.
Max J. Friedländer. Early Netherlandish Painting: From van Eyck to Bruegel. Ed. F. Grossmann. English ed. [first ed. 1916]. New York, 1956, p. 116.
Max J. Friedländer et al. Early Netherlandish Painting. Vol. 10, Lucas van Leyden and other Dutch Masters of his Time. New York, 1973, p. 69, no. 12, ill.
Guy C. Bauman inThe Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1984, pp. 77–80, no. 25, ill. (color), attributes it to Jan Mostaert and dates it between 1510 and 1515.
Katharine Baetjer. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York, 1995, p. 267, ill.
Véronique Sintobin inFrom Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Maryan W. Ainsworth and Keith Christiansen. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1998, pp. 350–51, 374, no. 92, ill. (color), dates it 1510–15.
Susan Urbach. "An Unknown Netherlandish Diptych Attributed to the Master of the Holy Blood: A Hypothetical Reconstruction." Arte cristiana 95 (November/December 2007), p. 432, fig. 7, mentions it as an example of the presence of the Virgin in a representation of Christ before Pilate.
This work may not be lent, by terms of its acquisition by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges)
early 1480s
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