The_Holy_Family_by_Candlelight_(Jacob_Jordaens)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18772.tif


Jacob Jordaens : The Holy Family wikidata:Q18573903 reasonator:Q18573903
Artist
Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) wikidata:Q270658 s:en:Author:Jacob Jordaens
Jacob Jordaens
Description Flemish painter, drawer, printmaker and tapestry designer
Date of birth/death 19 May 1593 Edit this at Wikidata 18 October 1678 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period 1607-1678
Work location
Antwerp (1607-1678), The Hague (1649-1652), Amsterdam (1660), Utrecht (1660)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q270658
Title
The Holy Family by Candlelight
English: The Holy Family
Svenska: Den heliga familjen
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Jordaens’ down-to-earth rendering of the Holy Family embraces the most intimate qualities of Caravaggism. The lit candle held by a maidservant is supplemented by the light from the unseen fireplace at which Joseph warms his hands, situating the genre-like scene in the heart of winter, the season in which Jesus was born. Standing upright on Mary’s lap, the realistically portrayed Christ Child seeks the viewer’s attention, as if beckoning us to approach and join in the adoration. With motherly pride Mary presents Jesus. The knife in his right hand alludes to the Circumcision, the first occasion on which the Redeemer’s blood was shed for our sins, intended to encourage meditation on the Passion. Details of the iconography are derived from the visions of St Bridget of Sweden, who described the newborn Christ Child as the source of a bright supernatural light. Jordaens concretises this divine radiance emanating from the body of Jesus – “the light of the world” – as an unusually intense reflected light from the flame of the candle.
Svenska: Jordaens vardagliga gestaltning av den Heliga familjen avspeglar caravaggismens mest intima karaktär. Den genreartade scenen utspelar sig på vintern, tiden för Jesu födelse. Det tända vaxljuset i tjänstekvinnans hand kompletteras av en eldstad utanför bildrummet vid vilken Josef värmer sina frusna händer. Det realistiskt skildrade Jesusbarnet står i Jungfru Marias knä. Genom blicken söker han kontakt med betraktaren, som för att bjuda oss att komma närmare och ansluta i tillbedjan. Med moderlig stolthet visar Maria upp Jesusbarnet. Kniven i Jesusbarnets hand hänsyftar till omskärelsen, det första tillfället då Frälsaren utgjuter sitt blod för våra synder, och uppmanar därmed till begrundan av Kristi passion. Målningens ikonografi härrör delvis från den heliga Birgittas uppenbarelser. Hon beskrev det nyfödda Jesusbarnet – ”världens ljus” – som källan till ett starkt övernaturligt ljus. Jordaens konkretiserar här den gudomliga strålglansen i form av det intensiva reflekterade skenet från vaxljusets låga.
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English: Jordaens’ down-to-earth rendering of the Holy Family embraces the most intimate qualities of Caravaggism. The lit candle held by a maidservant is supplemented by the light from the unseen fireplace at which Joseph warms his hands, situating the genre-like scene in the heart of winter, the season in which Jesus was born. Standing upright on Mary’s lap, the realistically portrayed Christ Child seeks the viewer’s attention, as if beckoning us to approach and join in the adoration. With motherly pride Mary presents Jesus. The knife in his right hand alludes to the Circumcision, the first occasion on which the Redeemer’s blood was shed for our sins, intended to encourage meditation on the Passion. Details of the iconography are derived from the visions of St Bridget of Sweden, who described the newborn Christ Child as the source of a bright supernatural light. Jordaens concretises this divine radiance emanating from the body of Jesus – “the light of the world” – as an unusually intense reflected light from the flame of the candle.
Svenska: Jordaens vardagliga gestaltning av den Heliga familjen avspeglar caravaggismens mest intima karaktär. Den genreartade scenen utspelar sig på vintern, tiden för Jesu födelse. Det tända vaxljuset i tjänstekvinnans hand kompletteras av en eldstad utanför bildrummet vid vilken Josef värmer sina frusna händer. Det realistiskt skildrade Jesusbarnet står i Jungfru Marias knä. Genom blicken söker han kontakt med betraktaren, som för att bjuda oss att komma närmare och ansluta i tillbedjan. Med moderlig stolthet visar Maria upp Jesusbarnet. Kniven i Jesusbarnets hand hänsyftar till omskärelsen, det första tillfället då Frälsaren utgjuter sitt blod för våra synder, och uppmanar därmed till begrundan av Kristi passion. Målningens ikonografi härrör delvis från den heliga Birgittas uppenbarelser. Hon beskrev det nyfödda Jesusbarnet – ”världens ljus” – som källan till ett starkt övernaturligt ljus. Jordaens konkretiserar här den gudomliga strålglansen i form av det intensiva reflekterade skenet från vaxljusets låga.
Date between circa 1621 and circa 1622
date QS:P571,+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1621-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1622-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259
Dimensions
  • height: 122 cm (48 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,122U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,92U174728
  • Framed : height: 150 cm (59 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in); depth: 13 cm (5.1 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,150U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728
    dimensions QS:P5524,13U174728
institution QS:P195,Q842858
Accession number
NM 1768
Exhibition history
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Source/Photographer Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum
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