Geertruy Haeck Kneeling in Prayer before Saint Agnes

anoniem, c. 1465

This painting is a ‘memorial tablet’, intended to honour the memory of a deceased person. It probably hung near the tomb of Geertruy Haeck-van Slingelandt van der Tempel in the church of the convent of Saint Agnes in Dordrecht. Geertruy kneels in prayer in front of St. Agnes. Although Geertruy was not herself an ordained nun, she is dressed in a nun’s habit as a sign of her piety.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-3926
Dimensionsheight 62.4 cm x width 48.3 cm x height 61.0 cm x width 46.2 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op paneel

Geertruy Haeck Kneeling in Prayer before Saint Agnes

Identification

Title(s)
Geertruy Haeck-van Slingelandt van der Tempel knielt in gebed voor de heilige Agnes
Object type
Object number
SK-A-3926
Description
De stichteres Geertruy Haeck-van Slingelandt van der Tempel (ca. 1425-1467) knielend in gebed voor de heilige Agnes met een lam. Rechtsboven voor het venster een banderol met tekst en het familiewapen.
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, centre right, on the banderole: ‘sancta agneta ora pro me’
- inscription, bottom, on the flagstones: ‘A // M // R’
- coat of arms, upper right: divided vertically, 1, a red diagonal blocked cross on a silver field, with a bird in the first quarter; 2, divided horizontally, at the top a silver chapel on a red field, at the bottom two alternately embattled silver bands on a black field
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
- De Nederlandse Leeuw 118 (2001), nr. 7/8, p. 541-543 + ill. (als Adriana Dirckdr. Van Slingeland)
- Documentatiemap SCH: correspondentie over het paneel aanwezig
- E. Persoons, 'Het dagelijks leven in de Windesheimer vrouwenkloosters', Spiegel Historiael 15 (1980), p. 348, afb. 8
- C. Diskant Muir, 'St. Agnes of Rome as a bride of Christ. A northern European phenomenon, c. 1450-1520, Simiolus 31, nr. 3 (2004/2005), p. 134-155
- L.D. Gelfand en W.S. Gibson, 'surrogate selves: the Rolin Madonna and the late-medieval devotional portrait, Simiolus 3/4 (2002), p. 135 + afb.
- Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum, 1957, p. 6
- Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant (nov./dec. 1996), p. 4 + afb.
- K. Strauss, 'Keramikgefässe, insbesondere Fayence-gefässe auf Tafelbildern der deutschen und Niederländischen Schule des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz (dec. 1972), p. 33, T. 4, afb. 2 (letters op tegels, Spaans)

Creation

Creation
painter: anoniem, Northern Netherlands
Dating
c. 1465
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Material and technique

Physical description
olieverf op paneel
Material
Dimensions
height 62.4 cm x width 48.3 cm x height 61.0 cm x width 46.2 cm

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Person
Subject

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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Ms Bayne Jardine, Bracknell, Berkshire;{Note RMA.}…; sale, Major-General Sir Allan Adair, The Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, Lord Claud N. Hamilton, Mrs Violet Heyworth et al., London (Christie´s), 17 May 1957, no. 107, as Bruges school, £ 630, to Major;{Copy RKD.} …; from the dealer A. Kaufmann, London, £ 4,300 (fl. 45,300), to the museum, 1957
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

- De Nederlandse Leeuw 118 (2001), nr. 7/8, p. 541-543 + ill. (als Adriana Dirckdr. Van Slingeland)
- Documentatiemap SCH: correspondentie over het paneel aanwezig
- E. Persoons, 'Het dagelijks leven in de Windesheimer vrouwenkloosters', Spiegel Historiael 15 (1980), p. 348, afb. 8
- C. Diskant Muir, 'St. Agnes of Rome as a bride of Christ. A northern European phenomenon, c. 1450-1520, Simiolus 31, nr. 3 (2004/2005), p. 134-155
- L.D. Gelfand en W.S. Gibson, 'surrogate selves: the Rolin Madonna and the late-medieval devotional portrait, Simiolus 3/4 (2002), p. 135 + afb.
- Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum, 1957, p. 6
- Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant (nov./dec. 1996), p. 4 + afb.
- K. Strauss, 'Keramikgefässe, insbesondere Fayence-gefässe auf Tafelbildern der deutschen und Niederländischen Schule des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz (dec. 1972), p. 33, T. 4, afb. 2 (letters op tegels, Spaans)

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