Twelve members of the Utrecht Confraternity of Jerusalem Pilgrims

General information
Original location Utrecht, Jerusalem Chapel (see Van Tongerloo)
Current location Utrecht, Centraal Museum, inv. no. 2379
Provenance Jerusalem Confraternity, Utrecht (1525/1527-after 1581); municipality of Utrecht (Hopluyden chamber in the city hall); amortized by the municipality (1656); on loan to Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht (1872-1911); Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Commissioner Members of the Confraternity of Jerusalem Pilgrims
Artist Jan van Scorel
Date ca.1526 (Van Tongerloo, p. 231)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 48 x 275,8 cm
Visual elements
Short description Row of twelve Jerusalem pilgrims, facing right, displayed from head to chest. Five clerics head the row, followed by the laymen. Under each portrait a coat of arms and a painted sheet of parchment with a text about the pilgrim.
Number of pilgrims 12
Depicted pilgrims (from left to right)
Personal information
Name Unknown (Name unreadable)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in gold a blue orle
Text Under the portrait: Genaemt [...] op die Jorda[e]n // doen men screef MCCCCC en negenthin // God wil ons in alle node bewaren // en geven namaels syn glori te sie
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1519
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Red embroidered Jerusalem cross
Personal information
Name Jan van der Borch
Social status / profession Dean of the Saddler's guild (1464, 1469, 1471, 1494); Sheriff (schout) of Utrecht (1490)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in gold three red double towers (2-1), accompanied in dexter chief by a red demi-lion
Text Under portrait: Nu verthien hondert tweeenseuentich iaer // Jan vander Borch Ierusalem versocht // tiaer vyfthie hondert en negen daer naer // wort hi int gesicht des vredes gebrocht
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1472
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Red embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1509
Location of grave Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk)
Personal information
Name Hendrik van de Ven
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in black a silver lion
Text Under portrait: Mine naem es Henric van de Ven // ic was te Ierusalem als broeder van prise // doemen screef M CCCCC en // vyfentwintich met wairheits bewise
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1525
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Red embroidered Jerusalem cross
Personal information
Name Hendrik Gerritsz. Nobel
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in red a black chessrook with in chief three silver fleurs-de-lys in fess
Text Under portrait: Henric Nobel Geritz was ten heiligen lande // int iaer ons heren dusent vierhondert // en achtetn[e.]ent[...]h, God hoedhem voir scande // ende voir den brande daert ewelick dondert
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1498
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross
Death
Year of death 1541
Location of grave Utrecht, Chapter church of St John (Janskerk)
Personal information
Name Cornelis Lambertsz.
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in gold two black bars
Text Under portrait: Cornelis Lambertz bin ic wilt lessen // ic was te Ierusalem en op die Iordan // duysent iaer na Goods geboort gepresen // vierhondert ende achtennegentich dair an
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1498
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Red embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1526/27
Location of grave Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk)
Personal information
Name Herman Krom
Social status / profession Sheriff (schout) of Utrecht (1489, 1506); member of the city council (1498, 1502, 1508); city official (meenteman) (1491, 1492)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in gold three black reversed single hooks (2-1)
Text Under portrait: Ic was te Ierusalem in myn ionge dage // na Goods geboort duysent vierhondert // en drien sestich iare sonder vragen // Herman Krom het ic u niet verwondert
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1463
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Red embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1526/27
Personal information
Name Jan van Huchtenbroek
Social status / profession Knight; Sheriff (schout) of Utrecht (1527)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in gold a black rearing unicorn; II: in gold four [colour] wavy bars charged with twelve gold stars (4-3-3-2)
Text Under portrait: Heer Ia va Huchtenbroec Rider gepresen van edelen afcoest, in Cleef geboren // was te Ierusalem, so ghi moecht lesen, dair wert hi geciert mit gulden sporen // tmocht M CCCCC XXIIII wesen // die iare na Goods geboert vercoren
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1524
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross
Death
Year of death 1542
Location of grave Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk)
Image of grave Drawing in Buchelius, Monumenta, p.197
Personal information
Name Jan van Scorel
Social status / profession Painter; Chantry priest of the Chapter of St John (at the time of painting, according to the text); Canon of the Chapter church of St Mary in Utrecht after 1528 (Van Tongerloo, p. 231)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - per bend sinister gold and red, a double rose (or chaplet) counterchanged; escutcheon: in blue three silver charges (2-1)
Text Under portrait: Heer Ian van Scorel wt Hollant scildere // vicarious tsint Ians was ten heiligen graue // M CCCCC ende XX stildere // screefme God geef hem der glorien haue
Other known portraits Twelve members of the Haarlem confraternity of Jerusalem pilgrims (Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum), tenth from the left.
Portrait of Jan van Scorel by Antonie Mor (London, the Society of Antiquaries of London) might have been part of the epitaph at his grave.
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1520
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Golden embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1562
Location of grave Utrecht, Chapter church of St Mary (Mariakerk)
Image of grave Buchelius, Monumenta, f. 66r, p. 125, depicts the tomb of Van Scorel and the epitaph accompanying it (both now lost). In the epitaph is a round space, where presumably Van Scorel's portrait by Mor (see other known portraits) was located.
Personal information
Name Adriaan Saal
Social status / profession Canon of the Chapter of St Saviour (Oudmunster)
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - in red two black bars charged with five silver saltorels (3-2)
Text Under portrait: Heer Adriaen Sael wilt dit anmercke, canonic toemonster sach theilich lant // met Crol voirschreven God wil hair stercken // en glorie geuen door syn hant M CCCCC XXIII
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1523
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Golden embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1548
Location of grave Utrecht, Chapter church of St Saviour (Oudmunster)
Additional information related to this person
Personal remarks Went together with Jacob Crol, but the text at Crol's portrait mentions the year 1524 as year of pilgrimage. It is unclear which date is correct.
Personal information
Name Jacob Crol
Social status / profession Canon of the Chapter of St Mary
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in silver three black fleurs-de-lys (2-1); II: quarterly gold and black
Text Under portrait: Heer Jacob Crol, canonic tsinte Marie, Was te Ierusalem God ter eren // M CCCCC te dien tijen ende XXIIII was tiaer ons Heren
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1524
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Golden embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1540
Location of grave Utrecht, Chapter church of St Mary (Mariakerk)
Additional information related to this person
Personal remarks Went together with Adriaan Saal, but the text at Saal's portrait mentions the year 1523 as year of pilgrimage. It is unclear which date is correct.
Personal information
Name Jan van Gorkum
Social status / profession Chantry priest of the Cathedral of St Martin
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in black two addorsed [colour] fishes per pale; II: in gold three saltorels checky silver and red (2-1)
Text Under portrait: Heer Ian va Gorcom es myn naem, vicarious ten doem als een broedere // ic was te Ierusalem tsi God bequae dair Chrystus wou lide os behoeden // met heer Dirck Taets neemt desen raem so sidi den tijt os reisens vroedere
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1523
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Golden embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1542
Location of grave Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk)
Additional information related to this person
Personal remarks Went together with Dirk Taets. Both are also mentioned as fellow travellers by Philip Hagen from Strasbourg in the latter's travel report from 1523 (see Lampen, p. 286)
Personal information
Name Dirk Taets (van Lokhorst)
Social status / profession Canon
Coat of arms Above text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in silver a red fess; II: in gold a black engrailed saltire
Text Under portrait: Heer Dirck Taets bin ic geheten, canonic [...] en moster hier op let // Te Ierusalem heb ic te stede gemeten dair God verloste van de wedt // MCCCCC XXIII wilt weten screefmen int iaer ons heere net
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1523
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Golden embroidered Jerusalem cross
Death
Year of death 1552
Location of grave Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk)
Additional information related to this person
Personal remarks Is mentioned as 'Dirk Datz', together with Jan van Gorkum as fellow travellers by Philip Hagen of Strasbourg in the latter's travel report of 1523 (see Lampen, p. 286)
Additional information
Literature
  • Helmus, L.M., Faries, M., Tamis, D., Catalogue of Paintings, 1363-1600. Centraal Museum Utrecht (Utrecht 2011), pp. 174-178
  • Helmus, L.M., Schilderkunst tot 1850, De verzamelingen van het Centraal Museum Utrecht 5, 2 vols. (Utrecht 1999), pp. 1360-1364
  • Lampen, Willibrord, 'Hollandsche Jerusalemvaarders in vroegere eeuwen', Bijdragen voor de geschiedenis van het Bisdom van Haarlem 45 (1928), pp. 265-293
  • Tongerloo, Louise van, 'Grablegung und Totengedenken bei Pilgerbruderschaften in Utrecht, mit einer Neuinterpretation von Scorels und Mors Bildnisreihen von Jerusalemfahrern,' in: Truus van Bueren en Andrea van Leerdam (eds.), Care for the here and the hereafter: memoria, art and ritual in the Middle Ages (Turnhout 2005), pp. 221-247
Catalogue description of the Centraal Museum
MeMO ID 669
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