The Resurrection / Marten van Heemskerck

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Accession Number
1983/2.249
Title
The Resurrection
Artist Nationality
Dutch
Artist Life Dates
1498-1574
Medium and Support
etching on laid paper
Object Creation Date
1548-1574
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Netherlands (nation)
North Holland (province)
Haarlem (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Netherlands (nation)
Creation Place 3
North Holland (province)
Creation Place 4
Haarlem (inhabited place)
Style/Group/Movement
Mannerist
Inscription
In plate, l.r.: Martinus Heemsker
Dimensions
21.2 cm x 14.1 cm (8 3/8 in. x 5 9/16 in.)
Century
16th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Physical Description
A muscular figure surrounded by an aureole of light steps down from a plain rectangular tomb. Six soldiers, depicted in a variety of complex postures, recoil from the figure in shock.
Subject Matter
This etching depicts Christ rising miraculously to life after his crucifixion. He steps off the lid of his tomb engulfed in an explosion of light, causing consternation among the six soldiers charged with guarding his body.
The print, made after a drawing by the artist dated 1548, reveals the influence of both ancient Hellenistic art and sixteenth-century Italian Mannerism upon van Heemskerck's work. The artist resided in Rome from 1532 until 1536 or 1537, where he studied the city's famous monuments and artworks and produced numerous drawings after them. From this trove of drawings he found inspiration for many of the paintings and hundreds of prints that he produced over the rest of his long and successful career in the Dutch city of Haarlem. In this work the artist creatively adapted the Laocoon, one of the most celebrated ancient sculptures displayed in Rome, for the poses of the figures.
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"The Resurrection; Marten van Heemskerck." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.249/1983_2.249.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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