Golgotha (Matthew 27:33–56, Mark 15:22–41, Luke 23:33–49, John 19:17–37)
Drawing
17th century (made)
17th century (made)
| Artist/Maker |
A multi-figured composition of the Crucifixion at Golgotha, with tall mountains in the right background and the three crosses of Christ and the two thieves on a hillock at upper left. Among the throngs of spectators of all ages—some standing, some seated, some mounted on horseback—are a mother and baby seated at lower right centre and a man hobbling on crutches to the right of her.
Object details
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| Title | Golgotha (Matthew 27:33–56, Mark 15:22–41, Luke 23:33–49, John 19:17–37) (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over traces of black chalk; framing line in brown ink. |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'Golgotha (Matthew 27:33–56, Mark 15:22–41, Luke 23:33–49, John 19:17–37)', copy after Lucas van Leyden, Dutch School,17th century |
| Physical description | A multi-figured composition of the Crucifixion at Golgotha, with tall mountains in the right background and the three crosses of Christ and the two thieves on a hillock at upper left. Among the throngs of spectators of all ages—some standing, some seated, some mounted on horseback—are a mother and baby seated at lower right centre and a man hobbling on crutches to the right of her. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 388; on verso, in brown ink: at upper left, N. 56; at upper centre, TT; and along left edge (with the sheet turned 90º), Lucas van Leyden; and at lower right, in black chalk, L– / 10:0. Inscribed on plain old beige mount, at lower right, in a nineteenth-century hand, in pencil (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), 196. |
| Object history | Possibly Jonathan Richardson sen. (1667–1745), London (possibly fragments of his pressmarks on verso; L. 2983); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 115, illus. p.159. |
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| Accession number | DYCE.388 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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