Artist
Pieter Claeissens INetherlandish, c. 1499–1576
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
- The Mass of Saint Gregory
- The Mass of Saint Gregory
DateAfter 1530
PlaceNorthern Europe
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsPanel: 26 × 30 5/8 in. (66 × 77.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 33 3/8 × 37 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (84.8 × 96.2 × 8.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 33 3/8 × 37 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (84.8 × 96.2 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1979.107
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
215 Blaffer Galleries
On view
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Exhibition History"Blood: Power, Politics and Pathology," Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, November 11, 2001–January 27, 2002.
"Sacred Art from the Old and New Worlds," Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, June 2–September 15, 2002.
"Pieter Pourbus and the Claeissens Family: The Bruges painting world in the second half of the sixteenth century," Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Belgium, October 12, 2017–January 21, 2018.
"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower right: OPUS PETRI NICOLAI/MORAVLI BRVGIS IN/FLANDRIA IN PLATEA/Q DICIT DE OVDE SACK
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