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Memorial painting (diptych) with the Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') and the devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?)

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Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') with devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) (opened state)
Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') with devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) (opened state)
© Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig
St Bavo (exterior left wing; closed state)
St Bavo (exterior left wing; closed state)
© Wikimedia Commons
Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') (interior left wing)
Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') (interior left wing)
© Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig
Devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) with St Barbara (interior right wing)
Devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) with St Barbara (interior right wing)
© Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig

MeMO memorial object ID 719

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Category

Type Memorial item (physical object)
Classification Diptych
Short description Diptych with the Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt'), the devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?), and patron saint Barbara
Remarks about category

Holding institution(s)

  • Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

General date

1475-1525

Artist(s)

  • Brunswick Diptych, Master of the

Original institution(s)

Original institution St. Andries-ter-Zaliger-Haven, Kartuizers (St Andrew's Monastery, Carthusians), Amsterdam 278
Arguments
  • based on research (literature, archival or archaeological research)
Specification Possible original institution: the presumed portrayed person was prior of this convent
Original institution Hollandse Huis, Kartuizers (Hollandse Huis bij Geertruidenberg) (Holland House Monastery, Carthusians (Holland House near Geertruidenberg)), Geertruidenberg 584
Arguments
  • based on research (literature, archival or archaeological research)
Specification Possible original institution: the presumed portrayed person was prior of this convent
Still in original institution? no

Location inside the institution

In situ?
(Probable) original location
Argumentation
Related memorial objects in the same institution
Additional remarks (original location)

Additional remarks

Memorial piece

Function
  • liturgical/religious
Specification Diptychs may usually have had a devotional and not a commemorative function. However, in this case the diptych functioned as a memorial piece as well. No information is available about possible other functions: memorial text(s) may be missing.
Additional remarks

Memorial monument or floor slab

Function
Grave findings
Additional remarks
Original function
Change in function
Remarks about function
Name Hendrik van Haarlem(?)
Specification

Members of the commemorated party

Commemorated person(s)
  • Hendrik van Haarlem(?) (male)
Commemorated institution(s)

Relation between commemorated persons

Type not applicable (only one person mentioned/depicted)
Relation specification
Additional remarks For the identification of the commemorated party, see Portraits
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

Type
Relation specification
Additional remarks
Material(s)
  • wood (panel)
Specification oil on panel
Traces of polychromy?
Reuse of older objects
Completeness The diptych may have had a memorial text and heraldry on the frame(s) and/or a separate text panel
Condition
Conservation
Technical research
Specification (technical research)

Dimensions (cm)

Height x width x depth

Alterations

Alterations
Specification

Additional remarks

The exterior right wing remained unpainted

Provenance

See literature: Catalogue Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig (Braunschweig 1976)

Marks of ownership

Type(s) of mark(s) of ownership
Specification
  • Châtelet, A., Early Dutch painting: painting in the Northern Netherlands in the fifteenth century (Lausanne 1988), 224
  • Engen, H. van, Memor esto mei. Devotional Diptychs and Religious Orders in the Late Medieval Low Countries, in: Weijert, Rolf de; Ragetli, Kim; Bijsterveld, Arnoud-Jan A. van; Arenthals, Jeannette van (eds), Living Memoria. Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Memorial Culture in Honour of Truus van Bueren (Hilversum 2011), 269-287, 272; plate 22
  • Jacob, S.; Klessmann, R., Verzeichnis der Gemälde vor 1800: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig (Braunschweig 1976)
  • Lammertse, F.; Giltaij, J., Vroege Hollanders, schilderkunst van de late Middeleeuwen (Rotterdam 2008), 130-132
  • Luttervelt, R. van, Jubileumtentoonstelling middeleeuwse kunst der Noordelijke Nederlanden (Amsterdam 1958), 57-58
  • Luttervelt, R. van, Schilderijen met Karthuizers uit de late 15de en de vroege 16de eeuw, Oud Holland 66 (1951), 75-92, 75-80
  • Sanders, J.G.M., Waterland als woestijn. Geschiedenis van het kartuizerklooster 'Het Hollandse Huis' bij Geertruidenberg, 1336-1595 (Hilversum 1990)

Other documentation

Additional remarks

The building depicted in the background may represent the Carthusian Convent in Geertruidenberg ('Het Hollandse Huis'), one of the two convents of which Hendrik van Haarlem was prior. See Sanders, 1990.

Indication of part; Exterior left wing of diptych

Short description St Bavo standing in a niche

Dimensions (cm)

Height x Width x Depth 35 x 23 x 0

Date

Year ca.1490-1500
Specified date
Argumentation
  • based on stylistic research
Specification date based on stylistic analysis
Additional remarks

Holding institution

Holding institution Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Collection
Collection identifier 13
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution

Contract

Artist(s)

Identity

Name Brunswick Diptych, Master of the
Attribution
  • style
Specification attribution(s) on stylistic grounds

Assignment

Role
Specification

Additional remarks

Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych

Filiation

Additional remarks

St Bavo is depicted with a falcon and a sword. He is the patron saint of Haarlem.

Indication of part; Interior right wing of diptych

Short description Devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) with patron saint Barbara

Dimensions (cm)

Height x Width x Depth 35 x 23 x 0

Date

Year ca.1490-1500
Specified date
Argumentation
  • based on stylistic research
Specification date based on stylistic analysis
Additional remarks

Holding institution

Holding institution Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Collection
Collection identifier 13
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution

Contract

Artist(s)

Identity

Name Brunswick Diptych, Master of the
Attribution
  • style
Specification attribution(s) on stylistic grounds

Assignment

Role
Specification

Additional remarks

Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych

Filiation

Additional remarks

Indication of part; Interior left wing of diptych

Short description Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt')

Dimensions (cm)

Height x Width x Depth 35 x 23 x 0

Date

Year ca.1490-1500
Specified date
Argumentation
  • based on stylistic research
Specification date based on stylistic analysis
Additional remarks

Holding institution

Holding institution Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Collection
Collection identifier 13
Online description link
Alternative or previous collections
Alternative of previous identifiers
Accessibility
Remarks about holding institution

Contract

Artist(s)

Identity

Name Brunswick Diptych, Master of the
Attribution
  • style
Specification attribution(s) on stylistic grounds

Assignment

Role
Specification

Additional remarks

Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych

Filiation

Additional remarks

Portraits

Indication of part

Interior right wing of diptych

Place of the portrait

in the centre

Portrait of

Name Hendrik van Haarlem(?)
Sex male
Argumentation
  • based on literature or archival research
Specification historical facts; clothing of the portrayed person; saint depicted in the diptych

Portrait — portraiture

Physical state of the portrayed person alive
Argumentation
Specification
Posture kneeling
Manner of portrayal folded hands

Portrait — clothing, attributes and insignia

Clothing

Type of clothing clothes of a member of a convent/religious order
Short description white scapular worn over a white habit

Attributes

  • no general attributes
Specification

Insignia

Insignia
Specification
Remarks about clothing
Additional remarks Based on the presence of St Bavo - the patron saint of Haarlem - on the back of the diptych and the fact that the portrayed person is a Carthusian, this man has been identified as Hendrik van Haarlem

Saint Portraits

Indication of the part

Interior right wing of diptych

Place of the portrait

Behind or near the portrayed person(s)

Specification of saint

Name Barbara
Sex female
Type of saint
  • unknown
Specification
Attributes
  • building construction
  • book or other text carrier
Specification book; tower?
Gesture
  • pointing to a commemorated person
  • holding one or more attributes in his/her hands
Specification
Posture standing
Specification

Additional remarks

Person Description

Personal details

Name Hendrik van Haarlem(?)
Sex male
Year/date of birth
Year/date of death 1506
Additional remarks

Social standing

Status member of a convent/religious order
Arguments
  • according to literature
  • clothing of the portrayed person
Specification

Member of a convent

Religious order Carthusian
Specification prior of the Carthusian Convent of St. Andries ter Zaliger Haven near Amsterdam (1484-1490); prior of the Carthusian Convent in Geertruidenberg known as 'Het Hollandse Huis' (ca.1490-ca.1500)

Member of secular clergy

Type of secular clergy
Specification

Additional remarks