These portraits of a patrician family were possibly the outer panels of a triptych whose middle panel has disappeared. The coats of arms and mottos in the opened book of hours tell us who is portrayed here. The husband and wife are depicted together with their children. By the time the painting was done however, both children, who hold crosses in their folded hands, had already died. A guardian angel stands behind them. The Ghent miniaturist and panel-painter Gerard Horenbout, to whom these potraits are attributed, worked at the court of Margaret of Austria. Their extremely refined naturalism and great technical quality are reminiscent of the work of Gerard David.
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Gerard Horenbout
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Master of Jacob IV of Scotland
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| Title | Portrait of Livina van Steelant |
| Date | ca. 1524 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | coats of arms, heraldry bottom left of the Book of Hours, with motto: MA FOY EST. TELLE |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1937-A |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1932 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1937-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/132/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
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11Q511 the Bible as a book Iconclass 11Q651 crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass 11Q751 (public) prayer Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25F36(SWAN) water-birds: swan Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H214 lake Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A12 castle Iconclass 41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass 41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass 41D2661 necklace Iconclass 41D2664 ring Iconclass 42B74 family group, especially parents with their child(ren) Iconclass 42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 43C128 fisherman Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 48C51 painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting) Iconclass 49L7 handwriting, written text Iconclass 49MM32 book - MM - book open Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(VAN STEELANT, Livina) historical person (VAN STEELANT, Livina) - BB - woman Iconclass 61F(CASTLE OF WISSEKERKE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (CASTLE OF WISSEKERKE) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Early Netherlandish AAT |
| Gerard Horenbault (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| 'Comment j'ai retrouvé Horenbaut', in: Annuaire des Musées des Beaux-Arts de / Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 3-21) |
| Degradation, conservation et restauration de l'oeuvre d'art / Roger Hendrik Marijnissen. - Bruxelles : Editions Arcade, 1967 (dl. 1, p. 475-476; dl. 2, p. 63-34) |
| 'Gerard Horenbout', in: Jane Turner (ed), The Dictionary of Art / Bodo Brinkman. - Londen - New York : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 759-761) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 269 (ill. 16)) |
| Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 9) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 12-13 (ill.)) |
| 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. 15-108-109 (ill.)) |
| The Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic : The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland-Ohio, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1963.256 (with Faksimile Edition) / Lieve De Kesel, Stephen Fliegel. - Munich : Faksimile Verlag, 2014 (p. 139) |
| Gent : stad van alle tijden / Marc Boone, Gita Deneckere, Birgit Cleppe, Georges Declercq, Marie Christine Laleman. - Brussel : Mercatorfonds, 2010 ; Gent : STAM, 2010 (p.71 (ill.)) |
| Vinderhoute : Van de prehistorie tot heden / Gerard Vanvooren, Jeroen De Reu, Pieter De Reu, Luc Neyt, Antoon Verhoeve. - Vinderhoute : Werkgroep Geschiedenis Vinderhoute, 2016 (p. 721-722) |
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