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| Artist | Attributed to Willeboirts, Thomas (Flemish painter and printmaker, 1614-1654) |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) |
| Title | The Crucifixion |
| Date earliest | about 1624 |
| Date latest | about 1654 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 127 x 100 cm (estimate) |
| Description | This image shows Christ on the cross against a background of stormy black clouds. Cherubs are holding chalices towards the wounds in his hands and feet and in the foreground is a skull. |
| Subject | religion (Christ, Crucifixion); figure |
| Collection | Newport Museums and Heritage Service |
| Current accession number | NPTMG:38.6 |
| Acquisition details | Given by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1938. |
| Provenance | Bequeathed to the National Art-Collections Fund by Mrs Catherine Always. |
| Principal publications | Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain, London, 1976, p. 222, as by Williboirts. |
| Notes |
On its bequest to the National Art Collections Fund in 1938, this work was attributed to Van Dyck. Before it was gifted to Newport, it was shown to the Rijksmuseum and reattributed as Willeboirts. This attribution has remained. There is a version of this work at Hatfield House, attributed to Jacob Huysmans after Van Dyck; and another version, almost identical in size, attributed to the circle of Willeboirts, which sold at Philllips in December 1988. |
| Rights status | Newport Museum & Art Gallery |
| Author | Bryony Dawkes |
