Devotional portraits of the Van Soutelande-Van der Graft family

General information
Original location Haarlem. St. Bavo Church (possibly, the family had a grave there, where the triptych could have been placed)
Current location Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. SK-A-1188
Provenance Acquired by the Rijksmuseum in 1885
Commissioner Possibly Jelys van Soutelande, son of Willem Jelysz, who could be depicted behind his father as a young man. He may have commissioned the work after the death of his father.
Artist Master of Alkmaar (on stylistic grounds)
Date ca. 1515-1520 (after the death of Willem Jelysz)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 101 x 35,5cm
Visual elements
Short description Two wings of a triptych. On the left panel eight kneeling male members of the family with St James the Greater. On the right panel nine kneeling female family members with St Mary Magdalene. Over the scenes fly angels holding coats of arms. On the outside of the panels heraldic shields in a niche.
Coat of arms Left wing, top left, held by an angel: late gothic shield - in blue a contourny silver decapitated lion, three jets of red blood rising from the neck, a red rose in chief (Jacob de Wael van Rozenburg)
Left wing, bottom right, on prayer stool: semicircular shield - in gold a blue langued and nailed contourny red double tailed lion, charged on the shoulder with a silver crescent (Willem Jelysz. van Soutelande)
Left wing, exterior: late gothic shield - in gold a blue langued and nailed contourny red double tailed lion, charged on the shoulder with a silver crescent (Willem Jelysz. van Soutelande) Right wing, top right, held by an angel: lozenge shield - in gold two red bars charged with five silver lozenges (3-2) (Margriet Van Waveren)
Right wing, bottom left, on prayer stool: lozenge shield - per pale I: in gold a blue langued and nailed red double tailed lion, charged on the shoulder with a small silver crescent (candency); II: in gold two red bars charged with five silver lozenges (3-2) (Kathrijn Willemsdr. van der Graft)
Right wing, exterior: lozenge shield - per pale I: in gold a blue langued and nailed red double tailed lion, charged on the shoulder with a small silver crescent (candency); II: in gold two red bars charged with five silver lozenges (3-2) (Kathrijn Willemsdr. van der Graft)
Depicted pilgrim (left panel, third from the right)
Personal information
Name Willem Jelysz. van Soutelande
Social status / profession Counselor and commissioner for orphans (weesmeester) in Haarlem
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Death
Year of death 1515/16
Additional information
General remarks The central panel has disappeared, possibly destroyed during the Iconoclasm, after which the panels with portraits could have been saved by the family.
Literature
  • Thiel, P.J.J.van et al., All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue, 2 vols. (Haarlem 1976)
  • Thierry de Bye Dolléman, M., 'Het geslacht Van Soutelande,' Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie 19 (1965), pp. 134-157
Catalogue descriptions of the Rijksmuseum:
Left wing
Right wing
MeMO ID 548
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