Van der Doort c.1639

Invented by Isaac Oliver, left unfinished at his death; by your Majesty's appointment completed and delivered by his son by Peter Oliver to your Majesty and included in your Majesty’s Annuity to Peter Oliver

Burial of Christ in white linen, carried by 4 disciples to the grave, another in grave with outstretched arms to receive his body...

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 103, № 1
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
11½in x 1ft 3½in (29.2 x 39.4cm)
Notes: 
[title continued]... 5 disciples mourning in the background, standing woman holding Christ by left arm, kissing his hands, Virgin fainted in John's lap, in a red garment with blue drapery, Magdalen sitting nearby on the ground grieving wringing her hands, another woman in orange drapery holding a golden vessel, another in yellow looking up in sorrow with opening hands, behind there is a troop of 9 disciples grieving, one each in green, yellow and blue, three in purple, lesser and bigger figures, dated 1616
Hang notes: 
1st of the 10 limnings in double-shutting cases, under glass and under lock and key
Location: 
Room description extended: 
4th Book containing all your Majesty's well limned pieces, kept at the moment in cupboards in the newly erected Cabinet Room, Whitehall
Original Manuscript page number: 
Windsor MS., f. 46
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 327, 28 x 43
Project notes: 
BM drawing acquired 1946; original in the Little Bi-Room (van der Doort, WS 37, no 3)
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51