Type | Memorial item (physical object) |
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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 |
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1475-1525 |
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Original institution | St. Andries-ter-Zaliger-Haven, Kartuizers (St Andrew's Monastery, Carthusians), Amsterdam 278 |
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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 |
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Specification | Possible original institution: the presumed portrayed person was prior of this convent |
Still in original institution? | no |
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Related memorial objects in the same institution |
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Function |
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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. |
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Remarks about function |
Name | Hendrik van Haarlem(?) |
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Commemorated person(s) |
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Commemorated institution(s) |
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Type | not applicable (only one person mentioned/depicted) |
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Additional remarks | For the identification of the commemorated party, 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 diptych may have had a memorial text and heraldry on the frame(s) and/or a separate text panel |
Condition | |
Conservation | |
Technical research |
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Height x width x depth |
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Alterations |
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Specification |
The exterior right wing remained unpainted |
See literature: Catalogue Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig (Braunschweig 1976) |
Type(s) of mark(s) of ownership |
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Specification |
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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. |
Short description | St Bavo standing in a niche |
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Height x Width x Depth | 35 x 23 x 0 |
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Year | ca.1490-1500 |
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Argumentation |
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Specification | date based on stylistic analysis |
Additional remarks |
Name | Brunswick Diptych, Master of the |
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Attribution |
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Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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Specification |
Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych |
St Bavo is depicted with a falcon and a sword. He is the patron saint of Haarlem. |
Short description | Virgin and Child with St Anne ('Anna Selbdritt') |
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Height x Width x Depth | 35 x 23 x 0 |
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Year | ca.1490-1500 |
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Specified date | |
Argumentation |
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Specification | date based on stylistic analysis |
Additional remarks |
Name | Brunswick Diptych, Master of the |
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Attribution |
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Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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Specification |
Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych |
Short description | Devotional portrait of Hendrik van Haarlem(?) with patron saint Barbara |
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Height x Width x Depth | 35 x 23 x 0 |
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Year | ca.1490-1500 |
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Specified date | |
Argumentation |
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Specification | date based on stylistic analysis |
Additional remarks |
Name | Brunswick Diptych, Master of the |
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Attribution |
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Specification | attribution(s) on stylistic grounds |
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Specification |
Friedländer (1927) named the anonymous artist of this diptych the Master of the Brunswick Diptych |
Interior right wing of diptych |
in the centre |
Name | Hendrik van Haarlem(?) |
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Sex | male |
Argumentation |
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Specification | historical facts; clothing of the portrayed person; saint depicted in the diptych |
Physical state of the portrayed person | alive |
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Posture | kneeling |
Manner of portrayal | folded hands |
Clothing
Attributes
Insignia
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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 |
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Interior right wing of diptych |
Behind or near the portrayed person(s) |
Name | Barbara |
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Sex | female |
Type of saint |
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Attributes |
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Specification | book; tower? |
Gesture |
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Posture | standing |
Specification |
Name | Hendrik van Haarlem(?) |
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Sex | male |
Year/date of birth | |
Year/date of death | 1506 |
Additional remarks |
Status | member of a convent/religious order |
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Specification |
Religious order | Carthusian |
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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) |
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