A carved wooden figure of Christ
Brabant, circa 1500
Depicted sitting on the cold stone.
H. 33.1 cm
Provenance:
– Collection Cornelis Hoogendijk, Voorburg
– Private collection, the Netherlands
Literature:
J. Bremer, Charley Toorop – Werken in de verzameling van het Kröller-Müller Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, 1995, p. 103
Note:
This wooden sculpture was part of the Hoogendijk Collection, founded by Cornelis Hoogendijk. As an important collector of modern art, he also became the patron of Charley Toorop (1891-1955), who used this statue as the subject for one of her still lifes. This painting, titled Christ, Snow and Winter Branches belongs to the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.