Corner Plates of the Tombstone of Gijsbert Willemsz Raet, with the Four Evangelists

anonymous, c. 1511

These four corner plates feature the symbols of the Four Evangelists: a winged lion (Mark), a winged ox (Luke), an eagle (John) and an angel (Matthew). The influence of printmaking – and specifically of Martin Schongauer – on other art forms is clear to see here. Slight differences notwithstanding, the maker was certainly inspired by either Schongauer’s engravings or copies thereof, or objects based on those prints.

  • Artwork typeplaat, grafzerk
  • Object numberBK-NM-32-5
  • Dimensionsheight 24 cm x width 24.5 cm, thickness 0.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbrass with vermilion and lampblack

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • St Luke, Corner Plate from the Gravestone of Gijsbert Willemsz Raet (d. 1511)
    • Corner Plates of the Tombstone of Gijsbert Willemsz Raet, with the Four Evangelists

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-32-5

  • Description

    Een van de vier messing hoekplaten afkomstig van een grafzerk van Gijsbert Willemsz. Raet te Gouda. De plaat heeft een omtrek, die uit vier accoladebogen is opgebouwd, met bladornamentjes op vier hoeken. Het veld wordt ingenomen door een van de vier Evangelistensymbolen: een gevleugelde stier met op de banderol in gotisch schrift: 'lucas.' Deze plaat bevond zich oorspronkelijk rechtsboven de middenplaat.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘lucas’

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Creation

  • Creation

    brass caster: anonymous, Low Countries

  • Dating

    c. 1511

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    brass with vermilion and lampblack

  • Dimensions

    • height 24 cm x width 24.5 cm
    • thickness 0.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1873

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by or for Gijsbert Willemsz Raet (d. 1511), and placed on his grave in the Jeruzalemkapel, Gouda, c. 1511; transferred to the Heilige Geest Weeshuis, Gouda, 1586; acquired by David van der Kellen Jr, Amsterdam, March 1864; acquired with the Van der Kellen collection, February 1874{O. ter Kuile, _Koper en brons_ (_Catalogi van de verzameling kunstnijverheid van het Rijksmuseum van Amsterdam_, vol. 1), coll. cat. Amsterdam 1986, p. VIII.}

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  • Corner Plates of the Tombstone of Gijsbert Willemsz Raet, with the Four Evangelists
  • Corner Plates of the Tombstone of Gijsbert Willemsz Raet, with the Four Evangelists