Rest on the Flight into Egypt with devotional portraits of the Stoop-Van Roon family

General information
Original location Dordrecht, Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk)
Current location The Netherlands, private collection
Provenance After the Reformation, the Stoop-Van Roon family took care of the triptych. See also Faries and Helmus.
Artist Jan van Scorel (copy of) (based on stylistic characteristics)
Date 1523-1537 (based on dates of death of portrayed persons)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 78 x 61,3 cm (central panel)
82,2 x 28 cm (left wing)
83 x 28 cm (right wing)
Visual elements
Short description Triptych, with the Rest on the flight into Egypt on the central panel. On the left wing ten kneeling male members of the family and St John the Baptist? On the right wing ten kneeling female family members with St Mary Magdalene. Deceased members of the family are indicated with a small cross over their heads. Coats of arms are displayed on prayer stools.
Coat of arms Left wing, on prayer stool: semicircular shield - in black a red fess charged with three gold jugs (stoups), in chief a gold boar's head (in zwart een rode dwarsbalk waarop drie gouden kannen (stopen), boven vergezeld van een gouden zwijnskop)
Right wing, on prayer stool: semicircular shield - in gold a black raven (in goud een zwarte raaf)
Depicted pilgrim (right wing, third from the right)
Personal information
Name Jan Stoop
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Additional information
Literature
  • Hoogewerff, G.J., De Noord-Nederlandse schilderkunst, 5 vols. (Den Haag 1936-1947), vol. IV, p. 129
  • Faries, Molly en Liesbeth M. Helmus, De Madonna's van Jan van Scorel (1495-1562): seriereproductie van een geliefd motief (Utrecht 2000), pp. 74-81
MeMO ID 738
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