The Census at Bethlehem
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Artist |
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
(1564–1638) |
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Alternative names |
Pieter Brueghel , Pieter Breugel (II), Pieter Breughel (II), Pieter Bruegel (II), Hell Brueghel |
Description |
Flemish painter and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
between 23 May 1564 and 10 October 1564 date QS:P,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1564-05-23T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1564-10-10T00:00:00Z/11 |
Spring 1638 date QS:P,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720559 |
Location of birth/death |
City of Brussels |
Antwerp |
Work period |
1579–1638 |
Work location |
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Authority file |
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creator QS:P170,Q255828
creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q43270 | |
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Title |
Dutch: Volkstelling in Bethlehem title QS:P1476,nl:"Volkstelling in Bethlehem "
label QS:Lnl,"Volkstelling in Bethlehem "
label QS:Les,"El censo de Belem"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Dénombrement de Bethléem"
label QS:Lsv,"Folkräkningen i Betlehem"
label QS:Lit,"Censimento di Betlemme"
label QS:Laf,"De volkstelling te Bethlehem"
label QS:Len,"The Census at Bethlehem"
label QS:Lde,"Die Volkszählung zu Bethlehem"
label QS:Lru,"Перепись в Вифлееме" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
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Date |
between circa 1605 and circa 1610 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on panel |
Dimensions |
height: 120 cm (47.2 in) ; width: 171 cm (67.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+120U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+171U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q18600731
institution QS:P195,Q892727 |
Accession number |
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Place of creation |
Antwerp |
Object history |
from 25 November 1913 until 26 November 1913 date QS:P,+1913-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+1913-11-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1913-11-26T00:00:00Z/11 : sale of the collection of Mme Vve Vincent van Gogh née Carbentus à Princenhage / Mme Vve la Douairière Jhr. A.W. Witsen Bon Straalman née Schimmel à La Haye / Mme Vve A.C. Schaap née Du Bois à Breda / Mme Vve M.C. Calkoen à Amsterdam / John F. Hulk, artiste peintre, conservateur du Musée Teyler at Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot no. 328, result unknown (as Pieter Bruegel (I) or workshop, Le dénombrement de Bethléhem, 16th centurydate QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 , height: 124 cm (48.8 in); width: 174 cm (68.5 in)dimensions QS:P2048,124U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,174U174728 )
from 5 June 1917 until 8 June 1917date QS:P,+1917-06-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+1917-06-05T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1917-06-08T00:00:00Z/11 : sale of the collection of J. Paehlig, château de Eschede à Tubbergen / J. Krol Kzn. anc. directeur „Deli Maatschappij” à Harlem / I........ à Driebergen / H........ château de Raay, Baarlo-Les-Venlo et autres provenances particulières at Frederik Muller & Cie (Ant.W.M. Mensing), Amsterdam, result unknown (as Pieter Bruegel (I) or workshop, Le dénombrement de Bethléhem, 16th centurydate QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 , height: 124 cm (48.8 in); width: 174 cm (68.5 in)dimensions QS:P2048,124U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,174U174728 )
Unknown date: acquired by Mrs. G.E. van Huffel-Mulder
by September 1940date QS:P,+1940-09-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1940-09-00T00:00:00Z/10 : Christianus Theodorus Franciscus Thurkow (1882-1970) and Louise van Huffel (1900-1987), The Hague
September 1940: purchased by Baldur von Schirach (1907-1974), Vienna from P. de Boer (art dealer), Amsterdam through Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague for RM 20,000
4 March 1946: transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, Inventory number 20222
27 January 1947: transferred to Amsterdam from the Central Collecting Point, Munich
Unknown date: transferred to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, today Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Netherlands, Inventory number NK2620
Unknown date: lent to the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Inventory number 677, by Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, today Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Netherlands
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Exhibition history |
Koud tot op het bot. Winterlandschappen in de 16e en 17e eeuw, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, 1977–1978, cat. no. 3.
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References |
RKDimages, Art-work number 28399, as Pieter Brueghel (II) After Pieter Bruegel (I), The census at Bethlehem, 1579-1638, height: 120 cm (47.2 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,120U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,171U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20270306, as Pieter Brueghel (II), Volkszählung zu Bethlehem, circa 1607date QS:P,+1607-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 120 cm (47.2 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in)dimensions QS:P2048,120U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,171U174728
Google Arts & Culture, as Workshop of Pieter Brueghel (II), Census at Bethlehem, between circa 1605 and circa 1610date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , 143 × 194 × 10 cm (56.2 × 76.3 × 3.9 in).
Origins unknown, as Pieter Brueghel (II), The people's census at Bethlehem, late 16th centurydate QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 , first quarter of 17th centurydate QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (1585-1625), height: 120 cm (47.2 in); width: 171 cm (67.3 in)dimensions QS:P2048,120U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,171U174728 .
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Source/Photographer |
www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic |
Other versions |
Painted from a model by the artist's father, Pieter Bruegel (I), in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels.
Other versions by Pieter Brueghel (II) are in Caen, Lille and Brussels.
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