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Title:Man of Sorrows with Kneeling Donor
Date:fourth quarter 15th century with modern additons
Culture:South Netherlandish
Medium:Oil and tempera on wood
Dimensions:Overall: 18 x 12 1/2 in. (45.7 x 31.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings-Panels
Credit Line:The Cloisters Collection, 1974
Accession Number:1974.392
Emile Renders, Bruges (by 1924–March 1941) ; Alois Miedl, Brussels and Bilbao (1941–1969; inv. no. 59) ; Hester Diamond American, New York (by 1969–sold 1974) ; [ Christie's, London (June 28, 1974)]
Kunstmuseum Bern. "Ausstellung alter und neuer Belgischer Kunst," March 27–June 7, 1926, no. 2 (as by an anonymous master of the 15th century, lent by E. Renders, Bruges).
London. Burlington House. "Flemish & Belgian Art: 1300–1900," 1927, no. 6 (as a work of the Flemish School, Time of the Van Eycks, lent by M. E. Renders, Bruges).
Hamburger Kunsthalle. "Meister Francke und die Kunst um 1400," August 30–October 19, 1969, no. 10.
Michel, Edouard. "Un Christ de Pitié au Temps des van Eyck." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 5th ser., 10, no. 3 (November 1924). pp. 273–78.
Conway, Martin, ed. Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Flemish & Belgian Art: A Memorial Volume. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1927. no. 6, p. 5, pl. 3.
Michel, Edouard, and Georges Hulin de Loo. Early Flemish Paintings in the Renders Collection at Bruges, Exhibited at the Belgian Exhibition, Burlington House, January, 1927. London: B. T. Batsford, 1927. pp. 45–49, ill. p. 51.
Michel, Edouard, and Georges Hulin de Loo. Les Peintures Primitives des XIVe-XVe-XVIe siècles de la Collection Renders a Bruges. Bruges: B. T. Batsford, 1927. pp. 45–49, ill. p. 51.
Destrée, Jules. "Le Maître dit de Flémalle: Robert Campin." Revue de l'art ancien et moderne 54 (1928).
Renders, Emile. "Cracks in Flemish Primitives." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 52 (January 1928). pp. 59–65.
Martens, Bella. Meister Francke. Hamburg: Friedrichsen, De Gruyter & Co. M. B. H., 1929. no. 273, p. 248, fig. 273.
Hulin de Loo, Georges. "Traces de Hubrecht van Eyck: Empreintes contemporaines en Suisse et en Allemagne." Annuaire des Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 4 (1943–44). p. 16, pls. 24, 25B.
Puttfarken, Thomas, ed. Meister Francke und die Kunst um 1400. Hamburg: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1969. no. 10, p. 58, pl. 26.
Sonnenburg, Hubert von. "The Changing Image: Studies in Paintings Conservation. A Case of Recurring Deception." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 51 (Winter 1993/94). pp. 8–19.
Baetjer, Katharine. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. p. 257.
Ainsworth, Maryan, and Keith Christiansen, ed. From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. p. 405.
Verougstraete, Hélène. Restaurateurs ou faussaires des primitifs flamands. Ghent: Ludion Press, 2004. no. 14, pp. 113, 144–45.
Laemers, Suzanne. "A Matter of Character': Max J. Friedländer et ses relations avec Émile Renders et Jef van der Veken"=." In Autour de la "Madeleine Renders": Un aspect de l'histoire des collections, de la restauration et de la contrefaçon en Belgique dans la première moitié du XXe siècle, edited by Dominique Vanwijnsberghe. Brussels: Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, 2008. pp. 68–70, 152, 158, 163, 166–67 68–70, fig. 5.
Lust, Jacques. "Grandeur et décadence d'Émile Renders: Chronique mouvementée d'une collection d'art Belge." In Autour de la "Madeleine Renders": Un aspect de l'histoire des collections, de la restauration et de la contrefaçon en Belgique dans la première moitié du XXe siècle, edited by Dominique Vanwijnsberghe. Brussels: Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, 2008. pp. 137, 139.
Pypaert, Jean-Luc. "Early Netherlandish Painting XV?: Joseph van der Veken." In Autour de la "Madeleine Renders": Un aspect de l'histoire des collections, de la restauration et de la contrefaçon en Belgique dans la première moitié du XXe siècle, edited by Dominique Vanwijnsberghe. Brussels: Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, 2008. no. 140, pp. 239–40.
Workshop of Robert Campin (Netherlandish, ca. 1375–1444 Tournai)
ca. 1427–32
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