Single portrait of Jan van Ede
| General information |
| Original location |
Utrecht |
| Current location |
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, inv. no. 848 |
| Provenance |
Baron d'Aumale van Hardenbroeck, bought by the museum in 1906 |
| Artist |
Cornelis Engebrechtsz. |
| Date |
16th century (1525?) |
| Material |
Wood |
| Dimensions |
31 x 21 cm |
| Visual elements |
| Short description |
Portrait of a man wearing a necklace with a Greek cross, half-length, facing the viewer. On the frame are coats of arms depicted, and it is accompanied by a panel containing a text. |
| Depicted pilgrim |
| Personal information |
| Name |
Jan van Ede |
| Social status / profession |
Sheriff (schout) of Utrecht; member of the city council (1528); Knight of the Holy Sepulchre |
| Coat of arms |
On bottom of frame left: early renaissance shield - in gold a black demi-lion
On bottom of frame right: early renaissance shield - in gold three red bars |
| Text |
Above his head: Heer Ian van Eden ritter // Anno 1525
On text panel under frame: Ick, Johan van Ede // Sach die stede // Daer Godt wou sterven // Veel tegenkome dede // Om ons vrede ewelick te werven // In't jaar ons Heeren MDXXV |
| Other known portraits |
Nine members of the Utrecht confraternity of Jerusalem pilgrims, second from the left. This single portrait might well have served as the example for the portrait in the series of the Jerusalem pilgrims. His head is turned in the same direction, and the latter panel was painted after Jan van Eden had died (Van Tongerloo) |
| Pilgrimages |
| Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem |
1525 |
| Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage |
Necklace with golden Greek cross |
| Death |
| Year of death |
1529/30 |
| Additional information related to this person |
| Personal remarks |
Jan van Ede is mentioned as fellow pilgrim in the travel report of the Delft barber Willem Arentsz. of 1525 |
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| Additional information |
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| Literature |
- Friedländer, Max J., Early Netherlandish painting, 14 vols. (Leiden/Brussels 1967-1976), vol. 10, p. 87
- 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, pp. 232-233
- Vandamme, Erik, Yolande Morel-Deckers, et al., Catalogus schilderkunst Oude Meesters (Antwerp 1988), p. 129
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