Memorial wall painting with St Bavo and the devotional portrait of a man

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MeMO memorial object ID and name
MeMO memorial object ID	682
Name	Memorial wall painting with St Bavo and the devotional portrait of a man
Holding institution(s)
Holding institution(s)	Zutphen, Walburgiskerk (Walburgkerk)
Category
Type	Memorial item (physical object)
Classification	Single piece (wall painting)
Short description	Wall painting (on a pillar) showing St Bavo with devotional portrait and illegible inscription
Remarks about category	Single piece: no separation between portrait(s) - main image
General date
General date	1400-1450
Artist(s)
Artist(s)
Original institution(s)
Original institution [27] St. Walburgiskerk (Walburgkerk) (St Walpurga's Church), Zutphen Arguments the memorial object is still in the original institution Specification
(Original) location inside the original institution
Still in original institution?	yes
Location inside the institution In situ? yes (Probable) original location in the choir on a pillar Argumentation Related memorial objects in the same institution Additional remarks (original location)
Additional remarks	The painting has always been located on one of the northern choir pillars
Function
Memorial piece Function liturgical/religious Specification Additional remarks No information is available about possible other functions: the painting is damaged and the inscription is illegible. Furthermore, memorial text(s) may be missing, see Inscriptions. Memorial monument or floor slab Function Grave findings Additional remarks
Original function
Change in function
Remarks about function
Commemorated party
Name
Specification
Members of the commemorated party Commemorated person(s) [1482] unknown man (male) Commemorated institution(s)
Relation between commemorated persons	no relation (only one person mentioned/depicted)
Relation specification
Additional remarks
Commissioning party
Name
Composition of the commissioning party
Specification
Members of the commissioning party Commissioning person(s) Commissioning Institution(s)
Relation between commissioning party and commemorated party
Relation specification
Additional remarks
Physical description
Material(s)	stone
Specification	paint on a stone pillar
Traces of polychromy?
Reuse of older objects
Dimensions (cm) Height x width x depth
Completeness
Condition	Damaged and faded. The inscription is illegible.
Conservation	Whitewashed in the late 16th century and uncovered three centuries later, during the restoration of the church. Heavily restored and retouched: it is unclear which parts of the painting are still original. According to Hoogewerff (1936), the open book at St Bavo's feet is the result of a restoration: it would originally have depicted a cart, one of the saint's attributes.
Technical research
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Alterations Alterations Specification
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Provenance
Provenance	The pillar painting has been in the church of old
Marks of ownership
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Specification
Literature
Hoogewerff, G.J., De Noord-Nederlandse schilderkunst, vol. I (The Hague 1936), 208-211; figure 91 Kuile, E.H. ter, De Nederlandse monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst III. De provincie Gelderland, 2e stuk: Het kwartier van Zutfen (The Hague 1958), 232; no. 18
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Additional remarks
Additional remarks	The portrayed person is kneeling before St Bavo, who wears an ermine cloak and holds a sword

Single piece (front) of [682] Memorial wall painting with St Bavo and the devotional portrait of a man

Indication of part
Indication of part	Single piece (front)
Short description
Short description	St Bavo with the devotional portrait of a man and an illegible inscription
Dimensions (cm)
Height x Width x Depth
Date
Year	1400-1450
Specified date
Argumentation	based on stylistic research
Specification
Additional remarks
Holding institution
Holding institution	Zutphen, Walburgiskerk (Walburgkerk)
Collection
Collection identifier
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution	The painting is located on one of the northern choir pillars
Contract
Contract
Artist(s)
Filiation
Filiation
Additional remarks
Additional remarks

Portraits

Single piece (front); [1482] unknown man

Indication of part
Indication of part	Single piece (front)
Place of the portrait
Place of the portrait	on the right (foreground)
Portrait of
Name	unknown man
Sex	male
Argumentation	not identified
Specification
Portrait — portraiture
Physical state of the portrayed person	alive
Argumentation
Specification
Posture	kneeling
Manner of portrayal
Portrait — clothing, attributes and insignia
Clothing Type of clothing Short description Attributes Attributes not recognizable Specification attribute(s) no longer recognizable (work is damaged/faded) Insignia Insignia Specification Remarks about clothing
Additional remarks

Inscriptions

Single piece (front); on a banderole near the portrait

Indication of part
Indication of part	Single piece (front)
Place of the inscription
Place of the inscription	on a banderole near the portrait
Language(s)
Languages
Language specification
Transcription
Transcription
Translation
English translation
Dutch translation
Lay–out
Lay-out
Inscription mentioning
Additional remarks
Additional remarks	The banderole may originally have been inscribed with a request for prayer. The inscription is now badly faded and illegible.

Person Description

[1482] unknown man

Personal identification number
Personal identification number	1482
Personal details
Name	unknown man
Sex	male
Year/date of birth
Year/date of death
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Social standing
Status
Arguments
Specification
Member of a convent
Religious order
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Member of secular clergy
Type of secular clergy
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Additional remarks
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