The Worcester Art Museum has successfully acquired The Entombment, the central panel of a triptych by Dutch painter Maarten van Heemskerck, reuniting it with its wings after 250 years. The side panels, now on long-term loan from the Selldorff family, complement the central panel painted around 1540. The oil painting was recently rediscovered and sold during the Tefaf Maastricht art fair for $567,000. Marten van Heemskerck, influenced by Italian Renaissance masters, was pivotal in merging Renaissance and Flemish styles, with The Entombment showcasing this fusion.
Marten van Heemskerck, a key figure of 16th-century Dutch painting, blended Italian Renaissance influences with Flemish tradition, exemplified in his central work, The Entombment.
This acquisition by the Worcester Art Museum reunites the central panel of The Entombment with its wings for the first time in 250 years.
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