Single portrait of Wouter van Middengael
| General information |
| Original location |
Den Bosch (where the sitter lived) |
| Current location |
Czech Republic, Kroměříž Castle, inv. nr. O 88 |
| Artist |
Jan van Scorel? (based on style) |
| Date |
Middle of the sixteenth century (stylistic features) |
| Material |
Oil on oak panel |
| Dimensions |
73 x 51,5 cm |
| Visual elements |
| Short description |
Portrait of a bearded man, half-length, turned slightly to the right, facing the viewer. He is wearing a cap, and holds a palm in his right, and gloves in his left hand. |
| Depicted pilgrim |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Wouter van Middegael |
| Social status / profession |
Goede man (steward) of Den Bosch (1545-1546); studied in Leuven (1523); member of the confraternity of Our Lady; Knight of the Holy Sepulchre |
| Coat of arms |
Top left: late gothic shield - in black a saltire compony red and silver, in base a golden lion (in zwart een van rood
en zilver geblokt schuinkruis, onder vergezeld van een gouden leeuw)
Top right: late gothic shield - quarterly, I: in silver a gold Jerusalem cross; II: in blue a gold pope’s tiara over two
silver keys in saltire; III: in blue a gold Catharine wheel, pierced by a zilver, black hafted
sword in sinister bend; IV: in black, a silver escallop, over two gold pelgrim’s staves in
saltire (gevierendeeld, I: in zilver een gouden Jerusalems kruis; II: in blauw een gouden
pauselijke tiara over twee schuingekruiste zilveren sleutels; III: in blauw een gouden
Catharinarad, waarover een schuinlinks geplaats zilveren zwaard met zwart gevest; IV: in
zwart een zilveren St Jacobsschelp over twee schuingekruiste goude pelgrimsstaven) |
| Pilgrimages |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Palm in right hand |
| Other pilgrimages |
Rome; Santiago |
| Attributes other pilgrimages |
On coat of arms |
| Death |
| Date of death |
24 September 1556 |
|
| Additional information |
| Identification based on coat of arms |
| Literature |
- Schuttelaars, Anton, Heren van de Raad: bestuurlijke elite van 's-Hertogenbosch in de stedelijke samenleving (Nijmegen 1998)
- Vacková, Jarmilla, Nizozemské maliřství 15. a 16. století: Československé sbírky (Prague 1989), pp. 142, 144
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