(Utrecht 1519–1575 Antwerp)
The risen Christ with Saints Peter and Paul and two angels,
signed and dated lower centre: Ant. Morus. Phil. Hisp. Regis. Pictor F. A. MDLVI,
Hebrew inscription upper centre (in translation): My soul I gave,
oil on canvas, 164 x 151 cm, framed

Provenance:
Collection Pierre Antoine Verlinde (1801–1877), Antwerp;
his sale, Antwerp, 26 June 1877, lot 211, p. 13;
Collection Lt.-Col. S. J. Droogleever (1847–1934), Utrecht/Nijmegen;
sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 19 February 1918, lot 55;
sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 3 November 1959, lot 316;
Private collection, The Netherlands

Exhibited:
Utrecht, Tentoonstelling van Oude Schilderkunst, August – October 1894, no. 151, p. 55; Leuven, Michiel Coxcie: The Flemish Raphael, October 2013 – February 2014, no. 41

Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot, De wetenschappelijke resultaten van de tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst in Utrecht in 1894 gehouden, in: Oud Holland 13, 1895, p. 43;
H. Hymans, L’Exposition d’Art Ancien à Utrecht, in: Gazette des Beaux-Arts 13/1, 3rd series, 1895, pp. 54/55;
H. Hymans, Antonio Moro, Son Oeuvre et Son Temps, Brussels 1910, pp. 92–94;
L. Cust, Notes on Pictures in the Royal Collections, London 1911, p. 60; A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, 1911, II, p. 193;
G. Marlier, Anthonis Mor van Dashorst (Antonio Moro), 1934, p. 107, no. 86 (as doubtful);
G. Marlier, Du nouveau concernant Antonio Moro, Cassandre, 17 November 1940;
H. Miller, Michiel Coxcie (1499–1592) and the Giants of His Age, London 2013, p. 195, cat. no. 41;
J. Puraye, Antonio Moro et Dominique Lampson, in: Oud Holland 64, 1949, pp. 175–183, pl. 2;
F. Zeri, Antonio Moro, Un San Pietro Apostolo, in: Paragone 39/2, March 1953, pp. 45/46 (as Moro);
L. van Puyvelde, La Peinture Flamande au Siècle de Bosch et Breughel, 1964, pp. 265, 451, no. 356;
R. H. Wilensky, Flemish Painters, 1960, I, p. 608;
K. Langedijk, La Resurrection du Christ, une Oeuvre Exceptionelle d’Antonio Moro retrouvée à Chantilly, in: Gazette des Beaux-Arts 68, 1966, pp. 234, 237, no. 12;
J. G. van Gelder, Scorel, Mor, Bellegambe and Orley in Marchiennes, in: Oud Holland 87, 1973, p. 166;
M. A. Jay, Antonio Moro: Royal Court Painter 1519–1576, PhD Diss., Texas Christian University, 1975, p. 119 (as doubtful);
M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Paintings: Antonis Mor and His Contemporaries, XIII, 1975, no. 407, pp. 69, 106, 115, pl. 197 (as not certainly an original, German edition of 1936: XIII, pp. 131/132);
W. S. Melion, Shaping the Netherlandish Canon: Karel van Mander’s Schilder-Boeck, London 1991, pp. XV, 160, 169/170, 298/299, nos. 27, 28 (ill.), fig. 106

Anthonis Mor van Dashorst, also called Antonio Moro, is mostly known for his elegant portraits, but he also excelled as a painter of religious subjects. The present painting is Mor’s pre-eminent devotional picture and was executed during one of his longer stays in Utrecht. Its original destination is unknown, but its size indicates a commission of some prominence. The face of Saint Paul may be a self-portrait. Another nearly identical version of the present work is in the Musée Condé, Chantilly (oil on panel, 160 x 152 cm).