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John the Baptist (left wing), Donor (right wing), Vanitas Still Life (closed)

  • oil paint, panel
  • 100 x 34 cm
  • Inv. S-101

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6892 f3f054156644697546c3ab9eeecf0c4f
6893 8c0132faad29618c70bcebd73560373c
6894 1c2863011fd38c63ce64ea37a5249177
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This triptych, which is missing the central panel, comes from an anonymous master from the circle of Lucas d’Heere. When closed, it shows a vanitas, which is accompanied by a verse in Latin on the left and in Dutch on the right. A skull and crossbones, surmounted by a sceptre and a shovel, is depicted atop a black coffin with a white cross. On the back of these panels, which are painted on both sides, is a picture of John the Baptist (left) and an unidentified donor (right). The Ghent painter-poet Lucas d’Heere was probably a member of the Chamber of Rhetoric known as De Balsemblomme, which was established by Philip the Fair. The artist accorded the society a prominent role in the entry of William of Orange in 1577. The motto on the vanitas complies with the taste and tradition of the rhetorical Flemish painters. In a free translation it reads: ‘O Lord, your cross confronts me, the miserable, with my crimes, and leaves me dissatisfied with my life. But your sweet word ‘it is finished’ cheers my heart and gives me new life, so that I should not be discouraged – I, who am burdened with guilt.’

Artist

Anonymous Master

Lucas d'Heere RKD
Ghent 1534 - Paris 1584
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Title John the Baptist (left wing), Donor (right wing), Vanitas Still Life (closed)
Period 16th century
Location Southern Netherlands TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription polyptych, exterior panels, at the left: CRVX TVA CHRISTE MIHI MISERO MEA CRIMINA PADIT/DISPLICEAT FACIENS. VT MEA VITA MIHI / SED VOX HEC. COSVMATV EST. ME RECREAT VT NON / DESPEREM. QVAMVIS. IMPIETATE GRAVIS TOOCHT MY CLAE
inscription polyptych, exterior panels, at the right: OHEERE V CRVCE RLYK MY MISDAET / EN MAECT DAT ICK BEN BYCANS DESPERAET / MAER DIT V SOETE WOORT. HET IS AL VERVVLT / VERHEVCHT MY HERTE. HOE GROOT OZ IS MY SCVLT.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number S-101
Acquisition credit
onbekend
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-101
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015638 still lifes AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass
11R5 (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilita humana, Fugacita delle grandezze della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanita (Ripa) Iconclass
11R71 skull as symbol of 'Vanitas' Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H11 mountains Iconclass
31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
47I2133 lamb Iconclass
61B111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
School / Style Early Netherlandish AAT
Note des tableaux dessins et estampes déposés dans la ci-devant école de l'abbaye de Baudeloo. Ceux marqués d'un K sont conformes à la note du 10 ventôse an V, trouvés au quartier de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre / Charles Piot. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nrs. 8-9)
Lucas De Heere (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (nrs. 16-17)
Une oeuvre de Lucas De Heere au Musée de Gand / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 271-272)
Faut-il considérer Lucas De Heere comme étant le Maître des demi figures de femmes ? / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 125-133)
Les peintres rhétoriciens flamands et le "Maître des femmes à mi-corps" / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 236)
Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 147)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 102-103 (ill.))
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