Portrait of Joris van Egmond

• Portrait of Joris van Egmond
• Portrait of Joris van Egmond (1504-1559)

SK-C-1618

inscription, top and bottom transverse of the frame: ‘R[everendissimus] AC ILL[ustrissimus] D[ominus] GEORGIUS DE EGMONT EPISCOPUS TRAIECTENSIS ETC.’

From the inscription on the original frame, we know that this is a portrait of the nobleman Joris van Egmond. He found favour with Emperor Charles V and in 1535 became Bishop of Utrecht. Van Egmond was an important patron to artists, including Van Scorel, who painted his protector on a panel of exceptionally wide format.

painter: Jan van Scorel (possibly)

c. 1535 - c. 1540

olieverf op paneel

• height 79 cm x width 101.5 cm x thickness 5.8 cm
• height 57.2 cm x width 80.8 cm

On loan from private collectors

Public domain

…; collection Leopold Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1882-1943), huis Offem, Noordwijk, by 1923;{Hoogewerff 1923, p. 64.} his daughter, Mathilda Elisabeth Barones van Tuyll van Serooskerken - Gravin van Limburg Stirum (1920-), Velzen-Zuid; from whom on loan to the museum, 1987-97 (inv. no. SK-C-1618); from whom purchased by two private collectors, 1997;{RMA Archive, Van Limburg Stirum, M.E., letter 8 September 1997.} from whom on loan to the museum, since 1997

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.

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