Live Auction 7842Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 8

Attributed to Jacob Isaaczs. van Swanenburg (Leiden 1571-1638 Utrecht)

The Harrowing of Hell

Closed30 April 2010

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Attributed to Jacob Isaaczs. van Swanenburg (Leiden 1571-1638 Utrecht)
The Harrowing of Hell
oil on copper
12 5/8 x 17¾ in. (32.2 x 45.1 cm.)

Bartolomé March Servera (1917-1998), financier and philanthropist, at the Palau March, Mallorca, and by descent to
Manolo March, Son Galcerán, Mallorca.

Specialist note

We are grateful to drs. Luuk Pijl for proposing an attribution to Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, Rembrandt's first teacher in Leiden. It is of interest that this depiction of Christ rescuing the souls of the righteous from Limbo (at lower left) abounds in references to the Four Elements and to alchemical transmutation.