Crucifixion with devotional portraits of two men and a woman

General information
Original location Flanders (based on style)
Current location Nijmegen, Radboud University, Faculty Club Huize Heyendael
Provenance Donated by C.F.K. Sormani to the University (1949)
Commissioner
Artist Anonymous (see remarks)
Date ca. 1520 (central panel)
seventeenth century (wings) (both based on stylistic features)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 54,5 x 37 cm (central panel)
Visual elements
Short description Triptych with crucifixion in the central panel. On the left wing two kneeling men, accompanied by a standing man with a shield and a banner (St George?). On the right panel a kneeling woman in monastic dress, accompanied by St Jerome.
Coat of arms On shield of standing man: per fess, A: in red seven silver crescents, 2-3-2; B: in silver three gold fleurs de lys, 2-1 (doorsneden, A: in rood zeven zilvere wassenaar, 2-3-2; B: in zilver drie gouden lelies, 2-2) (unidentified)
Depicted pilgrim (left wing, first from the left)
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Additional information
General remarks It was suggested in the literature that the object can be linked to the painter Michiel Coxie, based on a similar composition in a crucifixion from his hand. The reliability of this information is very unclear, however.
Literature
  • Faculty Club Huize Heyendael, Schilderachtig Heyendael. De schilderijencollectie van Huize Heyendael in beeld (Nijmegen)
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