Triptych with the Last Supper and Donors

circle of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, alias Jacob War van Amsterdam(c. 1472/77-in or before 1533), Amsterdam?, c. 1525-1530, reverse painting, colours on glass

This triptych is the earliest known and best-preserved verre églomisé painting (a type of reverse painting on glass) from the northern Netherlands. It is still in its original frame. The donors depicted on the wings are Adriana van Rhoon (c. 1450-1527) and Dirck Pietersz Spangert (c. 1465-1549); she was the abbess and he the chaplain and jurist of Leeuwenhorst Abbey in Noordwijkerhout.

Artwork typepainting, triptych, reverse painting on glass
Object numberSK-A-4294
Dimensionsheight 45 cm x width 39 cm x height 45 cm x width 20 cm x height 45 cm x width 18.7 cm
Physical characteristicsolieverf achter glas

Triptych with the Last Supper and Donors

Identification

Title(s)
- Triptych with the Last Supper and Donors
- Triptych with the Last Supper
- Triptych with the Last Supper (centre panel), Adriana van Roon (c. 1450-1527) with St James the Greater (inner left wing), Dirk Pietersz Spangert (c. 1465-1549) with St Mary Magdalen (inner right wing), the coats of arms of Adriana van Roon (outer left wing) and the Spangert house mark (outer right wing)
Former title
Triptych with the Last Supper
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4294
Inscriptions / marks
- coat of arms, inner right wing, lower left, on the prie-dieu: ‘a black house mark on a silver field’
- coat of arms, left wing, right on the prie-dieu, on the outer left wing: ‘divided vertically, 1, on a silver field a horizontal red bar charged with a gold demi-lion flanked by 15 oblong green blocks, five over four above the bar and three over two over one below the bar; 2, one half and four whole triangular gold pieces on a red field’ a black house mark on a silver field
Description
This triptych is the earliest known and best-preserved verre églomisé painting (a type of reverse painting on glass) from the northern Netherlands. It is still in its original frame. The donors depicted on the wings are Adriana van Rhoon (c. 1450-1527) and Dirck Pietersz Spangert (c. 1465-1549); she was the abbess and he the chaplain and jurist of Leeuwenhorst Abbey in Noordwijkerhout.
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Creation

Creation
- painter: circle of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (possibly)
- painter: Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen [rejected]
Dating
c. 1525 - c. 1530
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Material and technique

Physcial description
olieverf achter glas
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 45 cm x width 39 cm x height 45 cm x width 20 cm x height 45 cm x width 18.7 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Acquisition
purchase 1893
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
? Commissioned by Adriana van Roon and Dirk Spangert, for the Leeuwenhorst Convent, Noordwijkerhout;{De Moor 1981, pp. 63-78.} ...; sale, Adriaan van der Willigen (1766-1841, Haarlem) and his nephew, Dr Adriaan van der Willigen Pz (1810-76, Haarlem), sold on the premises (A.G. de Visser), 20 (21) April 1874 sqq., no. 134, as Anonymous, probably Haarlem, early 16th century (`Triptyque, composée de trois vitraux, polychromes, rehaussés d´or, par un maître anonyme hollandaise, probablement de Harlem du commencement du 16e siécle [...]. Au bas de sa droite, il y a un écusson, avec les armoiries de la famille Oem van Wyngaarden. Sur l´extérieur des portes en bois, sont peintes à l´huile, les mêmes armoiries de l´intérieur´.), fl. 1,200 (after sale), to the dealer J.I. Boas Berg, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD; copy RMA.} ....; sale, Frédéric Spitzer (1815-90, Paris), Paris (P. Chevallier), 17 April 1893 sqq., no. 2116, as German, frs. 5,700, to the museum;{Copy RMA.}.

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