| Type | Memorial item (physical object) |
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| Classification | Triptych |
| Short description | Triptych with the Virgin and Child and Music-Making Angels, the devotional portraits of Augustijn van Teylingen and Josina van Egmond van der Nijenburg, patron saints Augustine and Barbara, and four heraldic shields |
| Remarks about category | Triptych: the composition of the central panel (partially) continues into the interior wings |
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| 1500-1525 |
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| Still in original institution? | no |
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| (Probable) original location |
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| Function |
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| Specification | • Commemorated on the object are a married couple, (members of) a nuclear family or (members of) an extended family: see Commemorated party. • No information is available about possible other functions: memorial text(s) may be missing. |
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| Name | Augustijn van Teylingen and Josina van Egmond van der Nijenburg |
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| Commemorated person(s) |
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| Commemorated institution(s) |
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| Type | married couple |
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| Relation specification | |
| Additional remarks | The couple could be identified because of documents and a resemblance to other portraits (see Portraits) |
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| Composition of the commissioning party |
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| Material(s) |
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| Specification | oil on panel |
| Traces of polychromy? | |
| Reuse of older objects | |
| Completeness | The triptych may have had a memorial text and heraldry on the frame(s) and/or a separate text panel |
| Condition | |
| Conservation | The triptych was restored in 2009 |
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| Height x width x depth |
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| Alterations |
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| Specification |
| Screvelius collection, Leiden (1604); Solly collection; sold to the Friedrich Museum, Berlin (1821) |
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| Short description | Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') and two heraldic shields |
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| Height x Width x Depth | 50 x 17 x 0 |
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| Year | ca.1518 |
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| Name | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz. van |
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| Attribution |
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| Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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| Short description | Devotional portrait of Augustijn van Teylingen with St Augustine |
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| Height x Width x Depth | 50 x 17 x 0 |
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| Year | ca.1518 |
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| Name | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz. van |
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| Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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| Short description | Devotional portrait of Josina van Egmond van der Nijenburg with St Barbara |
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| Height x Width x Depth | 50 x 17 x 0 |
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| Year | ca.1518 |
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| Name | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz. van |
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| Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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| Short description | St Elizabeth of Hungary and two heraldic shields |
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| Height x Width x Depth | 50 x 17 x 0 |
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| Year | ca.1518 |
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| Name | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz. van |
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| Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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| St Elizabeth of Hungary is depicted with a book, two crowns and a beggar |
| Short description | Virgin and Child and Music-Making Angels |
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| Height x Width x Depth | 42 x 32 x 0 |
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| Year | ca.1513-1514 |
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| Name | Oostsanen, Jacob Cornelisz. van |
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| Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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| Interior left wing of triptych |
| in the centre (foreground) |
| Name | Augustijn Florisz. van Teylingen |
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| Sex | male |
| Argumentation |
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| Specification | document(s); relation with other portrait |
| Physical state of the portrayed person | alive |
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| Posture | in half-figure |
| Manner of portrayal | holding a book in his hands |
Clothing
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Insignia
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| Additional remarks | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam) is in possession of portraits of the married couple, also made by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen. The portraits on the Berlin triptych were identified based on their resemblance to the portraits in Rotterdam. | ||||||||||||||
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| Interior right wing of triptych |
| on the right (foreground) |
| Name | Josina Jansdr. van Egmond van der Nijenburg |
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| Sex | female |
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| Specification | document(s); relation with other portrait |
| Physical state of the portrayed person | alive |
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| Posture | in half-figure |
| Manner of portrayal | folded hands |
Clothing
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| Additional remarks | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam) is in possession of portraits of the married couple, also made by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen. The portraits on the Berlin triptych were identified based on their resemblance to the portraits in Rotterdam. | ||||||||||||||
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| Exterior left wing of triptych |
| upper left and right corner |
| Type of heraldry | |
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| Shape of the shield | semicircular shield |
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| Description of the shield | Gold heraldic shields, polychromy lost? - (Gouden heraldische schilden, polychromie verdwenen?) |
| Description of the upper arms (helmet, crest and mantling) | |
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| Type of supporter |
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| Heraldry belonging to | Not identified | ||
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Person details
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| Exterior right wing of triptych |
| upper left and right corner |
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| Shape of the shield | semicircular shield |
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| Description of the shield | Gold heraldic shields, polychromy lost? - (Gouden heraldische schilden, polychromie verdwenen?) |
| Description of the upper arms (helmet, crest and mantling) | |
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| Type of supporter |
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| Heraldry belonging to | Not identified | ||
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Person details
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| Interior left wing of triptych |
| Behind or near the portrayed person(s) |
| Name | Augustine |
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| Sex | male |
| Type of saint |
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| Specification | name saint of Augustijn van Teylingen |
| Attributes |
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| Specification | heart pierced by an arrow; bishop's mitre; crosier; cope |
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| Posture | standing |
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| On his mitre there is a finely detailed depiction of the Annunciation |
| Interior right wing of triptych |
| Behind or near the portrayed person(s) |
| Name | Barbara |
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| Sex | female |
| Type of saint |
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| Specification | St Barbara is invoked against death in childbirth; St Elizabeth of Hungary (exterior right wing) is invoked against illnesses; St Anne (exterior left wing) is invoked by those wishing to have children. According to Moes (Iconographia Batavia, 1897-1905), the Dominican convent in Haarlem was in possession of a (stained) glass portraying Augustijn with his two prematurely deceased sons. The death of these sons may explain the choice of saints for the triptych. |
| Attributes |
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| Specification | open book; peacock feather |
| Gesture |
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| Posture | standing |
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| The decapitation of St Barbara is depicted in a painted sculpture behind the saint |
| Name | Augustijn Florisz. van Teylingen |
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| Sex | male |
| Year/date of birth | ca.1475 |
| Year/date of death | 1533/05/25 |
| Additional remarks | Son of Floris van Teylingen and Jaqueline De Febure. He was born in Quesnoy, Belgium. Husband of Josina van Egmond van der Nijenburg. He died in Alkmaar and was buried in the St. Laurenskerk (St Lawrence's Church) in that city. |
| Status | patriciate |
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| Specification | Bailiff of St. Adalbert's Abbey (or Egmond Abbey) near Egmond. Mayor of Alkmaar in 1509 and 1531. |
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| Type of secular clergy | |
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| Specification |
| For more information about Augustijn van Teylingen, see Dudok van Heel (2014), p. 187-188 |
| Name | Josina Jansdr. van Egmond van der Nijenburg |
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| Sex | female |
| Year/date of birth | 1484 |
| Year/date of death | 1554/06/19 |
| Additional remarks | Also known as Joosgen, Judoca, Joost or Justina. Daughter of Jan Gerritsz. van Egmond van der Nijenburg and Judith Heerman van Oestgeest. Wife of Augustijn van Teylingen. She died in Alkmaar and was buried in the St. Laurenskerk (St. Lawrence's Church) in that city. |
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| For more information about Josina Jansdr., see Dudok van Heel (2014), p. 187-188 and footnote 6. |