| General information |
| Original location |
Utrecht, Jerusalem Chapel (see Van Tongerloo) |
| Current location |
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen |
| Provenance |
Jerusalem Confraternity, Utrecht (1525/1527-after 1581); possibly in the possession of Jacob Taets van Amerongen, in the House of the Teutonic Order in Utrecht after 1611 (Van Tongerloo, p. 235); 1808 sold in Germany (Van Tongerloo, p. 244, note 116) |
| Commissioner |
Members of the Confraternity of Jerusalem Pilgrims |
| Artist |
Antonie Mor |
| Date |
1544 |
| Material |
Oil on panel |
| Dimensions |
74 x 96 cm |
| Visual elements |
| Short description |
Two Jerusalem pilgrims, both clergy, facing right, displayed from head to chest. Under each portrait a coat of arms and a text about the pilgrim. |
| Attributes |
Red Jerusalem cross on text panel |
| Number of pilgrims |
2 |
| Depicted pilgrims (from left to right) |
| 1. Cornelis van Hoorn |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Cornelis van Hoorn |
| Social status / profession |
Canon of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St Martin |
| Coat of arms |
Above text field: Late renaissance shield - in black a gold chevron |
| Text |
Under portrait: Meister Cornelis van Horn doctor, ut west Vrieslant gheboren // canonick in den dom tHutrecht was the Iherusalem inde heilichge stee // Domen screef dusent vyfhondert en tuyntich so shi mocht horen // hy hebbe daervoor hier naemals den euichge vree |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1520 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1547 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk) |
| 2. Antonis Willemsz. Taets van Amerongen |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Antonis Willemsz. Taets van Amerongen |
| Social status / profession |
Canon of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St Martin |
| Coat of arms |
Above text field: Late renaissance shield - in silver a red fess |
| Text |
Under the portrait: Heer Anthonis Taets van Ameronghen wel becant // gheboren van Vtrecht canonick in den Dom // is gheweest the Iherusalem in dat hylich lant // the Romen sant Iacops ende al om end om |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1543 (testament) |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm |
| Other pilgrimages |
Rome, Santiago de Compostela (text) |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1555 |
| Location of grave |
Utrecht, Cathedral of St Martin (Domkerk) |
| Image of grave |
Grave slab in the Cathedral of St Martin, Utrecht |
|
| Additional information |
| The portrait was possibly made on occasion of the occupation of the new 'Temple' of the confraternity in 1544. The two depicted persons had played a crucial role in negotiating the acquisition of the chapel, being connected to the chapter of St John, on which ground the chapel was located. (Van Tongerloo, p. 235) |
| Literature |
- Bock, H., Katalog der ausgestellten Gemälde des 13.-18. Jahrhunderts, Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin 1975), p. 284
- Borst, P. et al., Graven en begraven in de Dom van Utrecht (Bunnik 1997), p. 58-59
- Helmus, L.M., Faries, M., Tamis, D., Catalogue of Paintings, 1363-1600. Centraal Museum Utrecht (Utrecht 2011), p. 248
- 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
- Woodall, Joanna, 'Painted immortality: portraits of Jerusalem pilgrims by Antonis Mor and Jan van Scorel,' Jahrbuch der berliner Museen 31 (1989), pp. 149-163
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| MeMO ID |
716 |
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