The Holy Family

Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, c. 1528 - c. 1530

Cardinal Erard de la Marck was one of the most powerful men in the Low Countries. He was the confidant of Charles V and of Margaret of Austria, who was governor of the Netherlands. His portrait and the accompanying painting of The Holy Family deviate from the traditions of the time. The cardinal is not depicted in devout prayer, but gesturing with his hands as though speaking. Even more exceptional is the fact that he, and not the Holy Family, occupy the heraldically most important position on the left side.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-C-1701
  • Dimensionssupport: height 64.3 cm x width 54.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Holy Family

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-1701

  • Description

    Maria zittend met rechts voor haar het staande Christus kindje op haar knie.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature, top right, above the Virgin’s shoulder (I and C ligated): ‘IOANES VERMI PinGEBAT/IC’

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Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, Mechelen (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1528 - c. 1530

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on panel

  • Dimensions

    support: height 64.3 cm x width 54.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? estate inventory, Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), 1524-30 (‘Ung tableau, paint d’ung cousté d’une Nostre-Dame et de l’autre du cardinal de Liège, fermant à deux fuilletz.’);{Transcribed by Kreyczi, no. 2979 in Zimerman/Kreyczi 1885, p. CXXI, no. 958.} …; dealer, Edward Speelman, London 1937:{Photo RKD.} …; dealer, P. Cassirer, Amsterdam, 1938;{Wescher 1938, p. 229; archive SNK, nos. 179, 433, 862; photo RKD.} ? exhibited by the dealer J.A. Bier, Haarlem;{Photo RKD.} …; from the dealer P. Cassirer to the dealer W.A. Hofer, Berlin, 25 November 1940;{Archive SNK, nos. 170, 433, 862; photo RKD; Friedländer 1942, p. 20.} …; from Helmuth Roehnert, Berlin, to Hermann Göring, Berchtesgaden, 12 January 1941;{Archive SNK, nos. 179, 243, 433.} transferred to the collecting point, Munich, 1946;{Archive SNK, no. 433.} transferred to the Rijksschuilkelder, Zandvoort, 12 March 1946;{Transport VIII, Archive SNK, no. 433.} collection SNK, The Hague, no. 528, since 1946;{Archive SNK.} collection DRVK, The Hague, since 1952; collection RBK, The Hague, no. NK2596, since 1984; collection ICN, Rijswijk, 1997; from which institution on loan to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, since 1948

Documentation

    • P. Wescher, 'Heemskerck und Scorel', Jahrbuch der Preuszichen Kunstsammlungen 59 (1938), p. 218-230 (in het bijzonder p. 228, afb. 11)
    • M.J. Friedländer, 'Neues über Jan Vermeijen', Oud-Holland 59 (1942), p. 12-22 (in het bijzonder p. 20-22)
    • J. Bruyn, Over de betekenis van het werk van Jan van Scorel omstreeks 1539 voor oudere en jongere tijdgenoten (3), uit: Oud Holland, 98, 1984, 1, pagina pp. 1-12 - afb. 1(zie: http://www.jstor.org/stable/42711144)
    • A. Bagley-Young, N. van Hout, 'Een tweeluik? Twee panelen van Vermeyen onderzocht. Met een reactie; Geen harde conclusies', Halszaken 17 (augustus 2007), p. 11-15

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