Panels from an organ case in the church of Saint Vitus in Naarden

Jan Eerstensz van Schayck, c. 1510 - c. 1520

These ten figures adorned the medieval organ in the church of Saint Vitus in Naarden. Each figure holds a weapon and a coat of arms on a strap. Some are dressed as knights with a breastplate and a helmet, others as princes or noblemen. They may represent the Counts of Holland. All the shields would have originally been painted.

  • Artwork typeorgelkast
  • Object numberBK-KOG-668-E
  • Dimensionsheight 25 cm x width 15.5 cm x thickness 6.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoak with traces of polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Half-Length Figure of a Woman at Prayer, from the Organ of the Sint-Vituskerk, Naarden
    • Panels from an organ case in the church of Saint Vitus in Naarden

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-KOG-668-E

  • Description

    Halffiguur van een vrouw met gevouwen handen. Haar vlechten liggen over een netvormige kap. Over een hemd met lange mouwen een kleed met rechthoekige halsuitsnijding, waaraan pofmouwen met franje en wijd uitlopende ondermouwen.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: Jan Eerstensz van Schayck, Utrecht
    • sculptor: Adriaen van Wesel, Utrecht [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1510 - c. 1520

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oak with traces of polychromy

  • Dimensions

    height 25 cm x width 15.5 cm x thickness 6.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; part of the organ of the Sint-Vituskerk, Naarden, dismantled in 1862;{E. Colinet and A.D. de Vries Az, _Kunstvoorwerpen uit vroegere eeuwen_, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Paleis voor Volksvlijt) 1877, commentary pl. XXVII.} purchased by M. van Vledder, Harderwijk, 1862;{Note KOG.} from whom purchased by Lieutenant General Meyers, Brussels, first documented in 1877;{Meyers, _Collection d’objets d’art anciens: Pièces choisies dans le cabinet d’un amateur_, Brussels 1877, pl. 9.} from whom, fl. 2,400, to the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, 1881; on loan to the museum since 1885; on loan to the Sint-Vituskerk, Naarden, since 2015

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