Single portrait of an unknown Jerusalem pilgrim

General information
Original location Unknown (Southern Netherlands)
Current location Unknown
Provenance Auction Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 24 February 1903, lot 75
Artist Anonymous (possibly Frans Pourbus I, based on style)
Date 1562 (on painting)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 76 x 63 cm
Visual elements
Short description Portrait of a man standing behind a table, turned to the viewer's right, facing the viewer. In his hand a palm and an unidentified object.
Depicted pilgrim
Personal information
Coat of arms Top left: high gothic shield - a cross, on an inescutcheon a saltire (een kruis, in een hertschild een schuinkruis)
Top right: high gothic shield - in silver a red Jerusalem cross
Text Top left, on ribbon over coat of arms: [?]ch moedighe mans dalen 1562
Top right: Aetatis 26, anno 1562
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Attributes other pilgrimages Right side, under the coat of arms with the Jerusalem cross: Half wheel and sword of St Catherine
Additional information
Description of the RKD
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