Tympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond

Northern Netherlands (Egmond?), 1122-1133, coloured sandstone

Petronella, Countess of Holland, ordered this tympanum for above the entrance to the Benedictine monastery of Egmond-Binnen. She stands at right, her son, Count Dirk VI, at left. Both address the apostle Peter with the words inscribed along the edge: ‘O gate keeper of heaven, let in these faithful multitudes kneeling before you and intercede for them with the King of Heaven.’

Artwork typetympanum, relief (sculpture)
Object numberBK-NM-1914
Dimensionsheight 88 cm x width 175 cm x depth 12.5 cm

Tympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond

Identification

Object type
Object number
BK-NM-1914
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, on the plinth: ‘HIC THID[E]RIC ORAT – OPUS H[O]C PET[R]ONILLA DEC[O]RAT’
- inscription, left and right of St Peter’s head: ‘AΓΥωC / ΠHTPVC’
- inscription, in the archivolt: ‘IANITOR O CELI TIBI P[RO]NV[M] MENTE FIDELI + INTROMIT[T]E GREGEM SV[PER]V[M] PLACANS SIBI REGEM’
Description
Petronella, Countess of Holland, ordered this tympanum for above the entrance to the Benedictine monastery of Egmond-Binnen. She stands at right, her son, Count Dirk VI, at left. Both address the apostle Peter with the words inscribed along the edge: ‘O gate keeper of heaven, let in these faithful multitudes kneeling before you and intercede for them with the King of Heaven.’
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
W. van Heteren, "Kloostergebouwen in de Middeleeuwen", Jaarboekje van Alberdink Thijm 43 (1894), p. 229, 247.

Creation

Creation
sculptor: anoniem, County of Holland
Dating
in or after 1121 - in or before 1130
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Material and technique

Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 88 cm x width 175 cm x depth 12.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
Commissioned by Petronilla of Saxony, Countess of Holland (c. 1082-1144), for the church of Egmond Abbey, by 1130;{H.G.C.M. Klomp, `Het tympaan van Egmond: Kunst als instrument van propaganda´, in G.N.M. Vis and J.P. Gumbert (eds.), _Egmond tussen kerk en wereld_, Hilversum 1993, pp. 139-61, esp. p. 159.} transferred to an unspecified location, 1801/04;{H. van Wijn, `Iets nopens de vernieling der Egmondsche Abtdije en Boekerije ...´, _Huiszittend leeven_, vol. 1, part 4, Amsterdam 1804, pp. 442-64.} donated by E.M. Tinne-Gregory, widow of J.P.T. Tinne, Lord of the Egmonds, to the Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schoone Kunsten, located in the Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, 1820;{E.H.P. Cordfunke et al., _De abdij van Egmond: Archeologie en duizend jaar geschiedenis_, Zutphen 2010, p. 73.} installed in the garden of the Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, first recorded in 1842;{A. Beekman, _Catalogus der tentoonstelling `De abdij van Egmond´ in het Gemeentemuseum ´s-Gravenhage_, exh. cat. The Hague 1934, p. 20.} transferred to the museum, 1885

Documentation

- W. van Heteren, "Kloostergebouwen in de Middeleeuwen", Jaarboekje van Alberdink Thijm 43 (1894), p. 229, 247.
- E. den Hartog, De Griekse inscriptie op het timpaan van de abdijkerk te Egmond, Holland historisch tijdschrift, 55ste jaargang/2 (2023)
- H. Püttmann, "Das Tympanonreliëf von St. Cäcilien in Köln", Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch XVII (1955), p. 54, 55, 60, afb. 52.
- P. Glazema, "Het tympaan te Velzen", Het Gildeboek XXIII (1940), p. 44-48, afb. 5.
- R. van Luttervelt, "Het voormalige Sint Adalbertsklooster te Egmond", Oudheidkundig Jaarboek XI (1942), p. 48.
- D.J. van Lennep, Verhandeling en Hollandsche Duinzang, Zwolle, 1966, p. 61.
- E. den Hartog, De oudste kerken van Holland. Van kerstening tot 1300, Utrecht 2002, p. 102.
- J. Klein, 'Die romanische Steinplatik des Niederrheins', Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte 184, p. 60, pl. XVIII.
- Verslag P.G. Heinsbroek (documentatiemap beeldhouwkunst)

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