| 1. Gelis van Royen |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Gelis van Royen |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in silver a black lion; II: per fess a: in silver a red mill-rind; b: in red a silver chevron |
| Text |
Under portrait: Ick Jelis [...] van Royen was visiteren // dat heilich graf te Ierusalem inde stede // dit is geschiet na de geboort ons Heeren // vyftien hondert en vyfentwintig mede |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1525 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1571 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Church of St Gertrud (Geertekerk) |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
Gelis van Rooyen was mentioned in the travel report of the Delft barber Arent Willemsz. in 1525
Cornelis Booth transcribed a text in the seventeenth century from a portrait which he had seen, which is identical with the text displayed here, except for the date, which Booth mentioned as 1529. The way Booth described the portrait (effigiem Gelly van Rooyen vidi ten huyze van Fennichje weduwe van meester Adriaen van Nes ), makes it clear that he did not describe the group portrait, but a different portrait, which could have been a single copy of Van Rooyen's portrait in the confraternity series. In this case, the painting Booth saw, could have been made for the commemoration of Gelis van Rooyen's second pilgrimage in 1529. However, it is more likely that Booth made an error in transcribing the text, because it makes little sense that Gelis van Rooyen would have mentioned different pilgrimages on different portraits. In any case it would make him the only person who did so, since other who made multiple Jerusalem pilgrimages always indicated all of their travels on their portraits, either in the text or through repetition of attributes. |
| 2. Jan van Ede |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Jan van Ede |
| Social status / profession |
Sheriff (schout) of Utrecht; Member of the city council (1528); Knight (from single portrait) |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - per pale I: in gold a black demi-lion; II: in gold three red bars |
| Text |
Under portrait: Ic Ian van Ede sach die stede dair God wou steruen // veel tekenen dede om onse vrede ewelic te weruen // int jaer ons heren M CCCCC XXV // genaede hem God |
| Other known portraits |
Single portrait of Jan van Ede (Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor de Schone Kunsten). The single portrait probably served as the example for the portrait here, since Jan van Ede died before this panel was painted (Van Tongerloo, p. 232). |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1525 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1529/30 |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
Van Ede was mentioned as fellow pilgrim by the Delft barber Arent Willemsz. in the latter's travel account of 1525. |
| 3. Jan Verheul |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Jan Verheul |
| Social status / profession |
Canon of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St Martin (since 1535) |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - quarterly I and IV: in red three black beaked silver swan's heads and necks (2-1); II and III: in red three silver cramps (2-1), with in fess point a gold star |
| Text |
Under portrait: Heer Ian Verheuil, canonick then doeme // ic was te Hierusalem int iaer ons Heren // vijftienhondert en dertich so ict u noeme // bidt dattet mi ewelic moet profiteren |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1530 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm |
| Death |
| Date of death |
13 December 1543 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk) |
| Image of grave |
Drawing in Buchelius, Monumenta, p.33 (f.19r) |
| 4. Heiltje Dirk Evertsdr. |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Heiltje Dirk Evertsdr. |
| Social status / profession |
Wife of a pharmacist |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - in silver three red crowned and langued lion's heads (2-1) |
| Text |
Under portrait: Ic Heyltgen Dirck Euerts dochter reysde deuotelick // te hierusalem binnen [...] met mynen man was // Ian Willemsz ( ) alsmen screef blotelick // dusent vyfhondert ende dertich dair an was // mey wel out de XXIIII Jaer en bidt dat mi God wil in vruechde sparen |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1530 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm |
| Death |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk) |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
The only woman in the portrait series of the Utrecht confraternity of Jerusalem pilgrims, probably even the only woman known to have been depicted as a Jerusalem pilgrim at all. |
| 5. Jan van Ravenswaay |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Jan van Ravenswaay |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - in red a gold cross moline |
| Text |
Under portrait: Ick Jan van Rauensway was ten heiligen lande // alsmen screef dusent vyfhondert ende driendertich // God wil mey bescermen vor scadelike scande // en vor alle quaet der sielen smertich |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1533 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm, Necklace with golden Tau cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1562/63 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk) |
| 6. Jacob Jansz. |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Jacob Jansz. |
| Coat of arms |
No coat of arms |
| Text |
Under portrait: Wt die Westbroeck ben ic Jacob Jansz gehete // te Ierusalem was ic alsme screef bloot // viefthienhondert en dertich me laet u weten // twee iaren daer en wast dat ic bleef doet |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1530 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Necklace with Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1532 |
| Location of grave |
Westbroek |
| 7. Johan van Bovinia |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Johan van Bovinia |
| Social status / profession |
Canon of the Cathedral of St Martin |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - in red a gold dragon; escutcheon: in [colour] a [colour] fess |
| Text |
Under portrait: Meester Johan Joachimus van Bouinia geboren // canonick den dome al seen ygelick weet // was te Ierusalem so gey moecht horen // ano vyfthien hondert vierendertich geevet |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1534 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm |
| Other pilgrimages |
Santiago de Compostela (based on grave) |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1544 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk) |
| Image of grave |
Floor slab of Johan van Bovinia, St Johns Church Utrecht (formerly Cathedral of St Martin) |
| 8. Evert Hendriksz. De Greef |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Evert Hendriksz. De Greef |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - in red an embattled and counter embattled silver fess, charged with three red cooking pots |
| Text |
Under portrait: Euert Henricus die Greue bin ick genaamt // ic was te Ierusalem int iaer ons heren // vyfthienhondert vyfendertich wel geraamt // die heilige plaetsen ginc ick visiteren |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1535 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1555 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk) |
| 9. Frans Bogaart |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Frans Bogaart |
| Social status / profession |
Member of the Utrecht city council (1539-1553); city treasurer (1546, 1551) |
| Coat of arms |
On text field: Early renaissance shield - barry wavy of eight silver and red |
| Text |
Under portrait: Frans Bogairt bin ick wilt wel verstaen // ic was te Ierusalem ter selverteyt // alsmen vyfthien hondert vyfendertich daer aen // telde van Goods geboort gebenedyt |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1535 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm, Necklace with golden Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1555 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Parish church of Our Lady (Buurkerk) |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
His portrait was bearded in the seventeenth century and looked at the viewer, as is attested by a photograph taken at the occasion of the restauration by Hauser, ca. 1900, and a seventeenth-century copy by Joost van Attevelt (Utrecht, Centraal museum, inv. nr. 23014, see also the catalogue description) |
