Christ and the Centurion, c. 1571
canvas, oil paint, 192 x 297 cm
- Current attribution
- Date
- c. 1571
- Title
- Christ and the Centurion
- Other/old title
- Christ and the Centurion at Capernaum
- Genre
- Subject keywords
- Iconclass
the centurion of Capernaum, kneeling before Christ, begs him to heal his paralytic servant (or son) (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10; John 4:46-54)
- Object
- Support/medium
- Shape/sizes
- 192 x 297 cm
- Collection(s)
- Howard, Thomas (14th Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey and 1st Earl of Norfolk)
until 1646 - Palacio Real de Madrid
1646 - El Escorial
Following the death of Thomas Howard in 1646, it was acquired by Felipe IV (1605-1665), who sent it to the Monastery of El Escorial, where it remained in the Prior´s Chapter until it entered the Prado Museum in 1839.
1646 - 1839 - Museo Nacional del Prado , inv./cat.nr. P000492
from 1839
- Howard, Thomas (14th Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey and 1st Earl of Norfolk)
- Literature in RKDLibrary
- Pignatti/Pedrocco 1995, vol. 1, p. 282-283, no. 186, ill.
- Project
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