Succession Series of the Van Naaldwijk family

General information
Original location Naaldwijk, St. Adrian's church
Current location Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. SK-C-57
Provenance Charles de Ligne; Prince Frederik Hendrik (1612); on loan by the municipality of Naaldwijk (since 1844), originally the whole series was on loan to the Rijksmuseum, since 1975 only the panel of Hendrik IV van Naaldwijk
Commissioner Wilhelmina van Naaldwijk (ca. 1455-1506) or the chapter of Naaldwijk (Hoogewerff)
Artist Master of Alkmaar? (stylistic grounds)
Date ca. 1500-ca. 1506
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 79,7 x 53,8 cm
Visual elements
Short description Succession series of the Van Naaldwijk family, originally seven panels. Half-length portraits, in praying position, alternately facing left and right, each portrait surrounded by a late gothic painted frame with the coats of arms hanging from it and a text field under the portrait.
Depicted pilgrim (sixth panel)
Personal information
Name Hendrik IV van Naaldwijk
Social status / profession Knight and hereditary marshal of Holland; founder of St. Gregory's chapel in St. Adrian's church, the Holy Ghost almshouse in Naaldwijk, and a cistercian convent in Wateringen castle
Coat of arms Right, hanging from frame: semicircular shield - in silver a blue langued and nailed red lion (Van Naaldwijk)
Text Text area under painting: Heer Henric van Naeldwijc Willems zoon // zijn wijff was Machtelt van Raephorst
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Death
Year of death 1496
Location of grave Wateringen castle and convent
Additional information
General remarks The first panel of the succession series is lost. All panels are painted in a similar fashion, but only Hendrik IV displays attributes of the Jerusalem pilgrimage.
Literature
  • Hoogewerff, G.J., De Noord-Nederlandse schilderkunst, 5 vols. (Den Haag 1936-1947), vol. 2, pp. 423-425
  • Bergen, Edward van, Geschiedenis van Naaldwijk van de vroegste tijden tot begin 20e eeuw (Schiedam 1974)
  • Driessen, A, 'Hontselersdijk en Naaldwijk voor de Hervorming,' Bijdragen voor de geschiedenis van het bisdom van Haarlem 25 (1900), pp. 62-128
  • Marel, A. van der, 'De portretten van het geslacht van Naaldwijk,' Zuid-Hollandse studiën IV (1954), pp. 93-111
  • Morren, Th., Het huis Honselaarsdijk (Leiden 1909)
  • Thiel, P.J.J.van et al., All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue, 2 vols. (Haarlem 1976) 629
Catalogue description of the Rijksmuseum
MeMO ID 571
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