Memorial tablet

Master of Spes Nostra (active c. 1490-1510), Northern Netherlands (Delft?), c. 1500, oil on panel

This ‘memorial tablet’ was painted in commemoration of the four canons depicted on it. The partially decayed corpse in the open tomb reminds the viewer of his own mortality and asks for his prayers: ‘Whoever passes by, look and weep. What you are, I once was, what I am, you will become, I beseech you to pray for me’.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-A-2312
Dimensionsheight 88.7 cm x width 104.3 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op paneel

Identification

Title(s)
Memorial tablet
Former title
Vier reguliere kanunniken van St Augustinus mediterend bij een geopend graf over de vergankelijkheid van het aards bestaan in aanwezigheid van St Augustinus, St Hieronymus en Maria, die Elisabeth ontmoet
Object type
Object number
SK-A-2312
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, lower centre, beneath the grave: ‘Si quis eris qui transieris hoc respice plora // Sum quod eris quod es ipse fui pro me precor ora’
- inscription, lower centre, on the stone slab: ‘Requiescant in pace’
Description
This ‘memorial tablet’ was painted in commemoration of the four canons depicted on it. The partially decayed corpse in the open tomb reminds the viewer of his own mortality and asks for his prayers: ‘Whoever passes by, look and weep. What you are, I once was, what I am, you will become, I beseech you to pray for me’.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
R. van Luttervelt, De Herkomst van de Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines, Bulletin Museum Boijmans Rotterdam (november 1952), p. 70, afb. 11 (afkomstig uit Delft. Uit het klooster buiten de stad van de Heilige Maria Moeder des Heren in Sion)

Creation

Creation
painter: Meester van Spes Nostra, Northern Netherlands
Dating
c. 1500
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Material and technique

Physcial description
olieverf op paneel
Material
Dimensions
height 88.7 cm x width 104.3 cm

This work is about

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Acquisition
purchase 1908-01
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; ? commissioned for an Augustinian priory;{See Entry.} ...; dealer, N. Steinmeyer, Cologne, c. 1902;{Note RMA.} …; from the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris, fl. 4,507, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1907; on loan to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004-09

Documentation

- R. van Luttervelt, De Herkomst van de Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines, Bulletin Museum Boijmans Rotterdam (november 1952), p. 70, afb. 11 (afkomstig uit Delft. Uit het klooster buiten de stad van de Heilige Maria Moeder des Heren in Sion)
- Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1908, p. 9
- K.R. van Kooy, Ontmoetingen van Levenden en Doden, Spiegel Historiael 4 (1969), p. 391
- H. Schulte Nordholt, 'Meester van de Spes Nostra', Openbaar Kunstbezit 7 (1963), nr. 35.
- W.S. Gibson, Bosch's Boy with a whirligig; some iconographical speculations, Simiolus 8 (1975/76), p. 12, noot 12
- J.D. Bangs, Introduction to Leiden Art and Crafts 1475-1575: Preliminary Studies, Documentary Studies in Leiden Art and Crafts 1475-1575 (1976), p. XI, XVII
- K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 51, afb. 35.
- M.L. Wurfbain, De Meester van de Manna Inzameling: Broeder Tymanus?, Boymans Bijdragen, Rotterdam (1978), p. 30, 32, afb. 11 (toeschrijving aan Huych Jacobsz. uit Leiden)

Persistent URL

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