Shield of Jacob of Luxemburg (after 1441-88), Lord of Fiennes, in his Capacity as knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

attributed to Pierre Coustain, c. 1481

Wapenbord van Jacob van Luxemburg, heer van Fiennes, in zijn hoedanigheid van ridder in de orde van het Gulden Vlies. Behoort bij SK-A-4642. Afkomstig uit het koor van de Sint Jan te Den Bosch en aldaar geplaatst in het houden van de Kapittel in 1481 door Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk. Onderdeel van de collectie heraldische objecten.

Artwork typeheraldisch object, family arms, wapenbord
Object numberSK-A-4642
Dimensionsheight 92.2 cm x width 58.3 cm, height 101.1 cm x width 67.5 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf op paneel

Shield of Jacob of Luxemburg (after 1441-88), Lord of Fiennes, in his Capacity as knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Identification

Title(s)
Shield of Jacob of Luxemburg (after 1441-88), Lord of Fiennes, in his Capacity as knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4642
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, top and bottom: ‘Jaques. de luxembo // Seignr. De Fiennes.’ (Jacob of Luxemburg. Lord of Fiennes.)
- coat of arms, Coat of arms: quartered, 1 and 4, a red fork-tailed lion rampant on a white field; 2 and 3, a white sixteen-pointed star on a red field. Crest: a dragon. The shield set within the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Description
Wapenbord van Jacob van Luxemburg, heer van Fiennes, in zijn hoedanigheid van ridder in de orde van het Gulden Vlies. Behoort bij SK-A-4642. Afkomstig uit het koor van de Sint Jan te Den Bosch en aldaar geplaatst in het houden van de Kapittel in 1481 door Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk. Onderdeel van de collectie heraldische objecten.
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Creation

Creation
painter: attributed to Pierre Coustain
Dating
c. 1481
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Material and technique

Physcial description
olieverf op paneel
Material
Dimensions
- height 92.2 cm x width 58.3 cm
- height 101.1 cm x width 67.5 cm

This work is about

Person
Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Acquisition
purchase 1896
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
Placed in the choir of the St Jan´s Cathedral, ´s-Hertogenbosch, on the occasion of the 14th chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1481;{The accounts of Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy from 1481 list a payment: `A Pierre Coustain, varlet de chambre et peintre… pour ouvraiges faitz pour la Thoison tenue à Bois-le-Duc´; see Coninckx 1907, p. 69, Koldeweij in ´s-Hertogenbosch 1990, p. 106, no. 53a-c.} public sale, St Jan´s Cathedral, ´s-Hertogenbosch, 4 June 1798;{Koldeweij in ´s-Hertogenbosch 1990, p. 106, no. 53a-c.} …; ? estate inventory, Andreas J.L. van den Bogaerde van Terbrugge (1787-1855), Kasteel Heeswijk, 1855, no. 438 (`elf verschillende wapenborden´);{Kruijsen 2002, pp. 297, 299.} his sons, Louis M.C. (1826-74) and D.T. Albéric (1829-95), Huis de Nemerlaer, Haaren;{Kruijsen 2002, pp. 289, 293.} their sale, ´s-Hertogenbosch (Van der Does de Willebois), 26 March 1896 sqq., fl. 691.37, with SK-A-4642, to the museum;{There was no printed catalogue for this sale; see Kruijsen 2002, p. 290.} on loan to the Noordbrabants Museum, ´s-Hertogenbosch, since 1987

Documentation

Documentatiemap Schilderijen: aantekeningen R. van Luttervelt (voor 1963).

Persistent URL

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