The Baptism of Christ
Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1566 – Utrecht 1651)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1598 - 1600
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
772 x 1156 mm (30 3/8 x 45 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
NT 1140058
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Baptism of Christ by Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1566 – Utrecht 1651), circa 1598/1600. Another later composition by this influential Dutch Mannerist artist, with different motifs but of the same subject, of 1602, is in the National Gallery, Ottawa. The Ham picture was reframed for Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (1708-70).
Provenance
In 1679/83 inventory and thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1566 – Utrecht 1651) , artist
References
Prized Possessions: Dutch Paintings from National Trust Houses (exh. cat.), Holburne Museum, Bath 25 May - 16 Sep 2018; Mauritshuis, The Hague, 11 Oct 2018 - 6 Jan 2019; Petworth House, West Sussex, 26 Jan - 24 Mar 2019., pp. 56-9, no. 2