The Three Marys at the Tomb [SEP] creator
The Three Marys at the Tomb
The Three Marys at the Tomb is a c. 1410–26 panel painting usually attributed to Hubert van Eyck, now in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. The painting was included at the seminal Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges in 1902.
Its authorship and dating have been particularly difficult to establish. For many years it was ascribed the only surviving work—excepting the "Ghent Altarpiece"—by Hubert, Jan van Eyck's older brother. Erwin Panofsky believed it a collaboration between the two men (
Different sets of three women have been referred to as the Three Marys:
- Three Marys present at the crucifixion of Jesus;
- Three Marys at the tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday;
- Three Marys as daughters of Saint Anne.
The three Marys at the crucifixion.
The presence of a group of female disciples of Jesus at the crucifixion of Jesus is found in all four Gospels of the New Testament. Differences in the parallel accounts have led to different interpretations of how many and which women