The Ascension of Jesus Christ (Acts 1: 4-11)
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In the Grote Kerk in Naarden there are 27 church paintings on the vault of the central nave in large dimensions, which were once applied to the white wood with glue paint.
The images represent the Last Judgment and scenes from the life of Jesus. On the other hand, there are ten representations from the Old Testament. P1310641
The performances are therefore based on scenes from the Old and New Testament and were largely based on woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and work by Jacob Cornelisz.
The beams, carvings and styles were painted in watercolor, with ornaments, weapons and attributes. The scenes, placed high above the church building, were set in elegantly executed edges with a late Gothic character.
This corresponded to the vault paintings in the St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar. Most of the performances included the weapons of the guilds or of persons who had originally donated them.
A painting of a church of this size was rare in the Netherlands and the work was, in view of the age and wars it had experienced, even in reasonable condition before the restoration.
Buys van Oostsanen
The 27 ceiling paintings were probably made in the early sixteenth century by a group of artists around Jacob Cornelisz (Buys) van Oostsanen. Monogram of the painter of the vaults
Van Oostsanen (1475-1533), born, as the name already says in Oostzaan, settled in Amsterdam in 1500 and bought there, with an interval of twenty years, two houses in the Kalverstraat.
His workshop included paintings, glass paintings and church vestments. In addition, Van Oostsanen and his employees carried out vault paintings in the large churches of Naarden, Alkmaar and Hoorn. Van Oostsanen died in 1533.
Importance of the paintings
The dating of the paintings in the Grote Kerk in Naarden was derived from the Count's Crown. One of the images featured the coat of arms of Charles the Fifth, who was elected emperor in 1519, so the paintings have to be dated earlier. Part of a vault painting
According to authorities in this field, the paintings were the most complete and intact series on a barrel vault that had been handed down in a church in the Netherlands.
Of the church paintings, the painter J.A. de Rijk, later professor at the R.K. Seminar "Hageveld", made accurate and fairly detailed drawings, which were exhibited at the exhibition of Gooise antiquities in 1882 and which were taken over by the Dutch Society of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The fact that the sketches were on display was due to the efforts of First Lieutenant Adjutant of Artillery, A.N.J. Fabius.
Presentation of the images (general)
The vault of the choir abbits, in figures of two or three times the size of man, represents the Last Judgment. This is the end of the whole and the end, to which all other ideas lead.
On the north side are scenes from the life of the Saviors:
The fear of the Lord in the Olive Garden - David and the Mount of Olives
The betrayal of Judas - kisses of men
The Flagellation of the Lord - Chastisement
The derision of the soldiers - taunting Elisha
The carrying of the cross - Isaac carrying the wood of sacrifice on his shoulders
The Crucifixion - Copper serpent in the desert
The Entombment - Jonas Devoured by a Sea Monster
The Resurrection - Simon who carried the gate of Gaza on his back
Ascension - Ascension of the prophet Elias to heaven
The Descent of the Holy Spirit - Declaration of the Ten Commandments on Sinai
The Last Judgment is directly in line with this. Opposite these ten scenes, in equal dimensions, on the other, or east side, are ten representations from the Old Testament, pre-depictions of the aforementioned. P1310622
Most of the scenes still included the weapons of the guilds or of special persons who had donated them. Some paintings depicted patron saints: Our Lady, the apostles Peter and Paul, St. George with the dragon, St. Sebastian and St. Hubert.
On one of the beams of the ceiling paintings was the following verse: "If one wrote 1618 sach. In May the 20th day, Do it was written here. God protects this church from any dangier."
It is wrongly thought that the ceiling paintings would not have been completed until 1618, but it is possible that the verse was from a visitor to the church. P1310105
The choir polygon consisted of five subjects. Over the centuries, these have suffered a lot from over- or additional paintings.
The Last Judgment was presented here. In the center sat Christ, flanked by trumpet angels.
The dead came down from their graves below. The northern polygon area was filled by a very beautifully executed angel, the southern one by devils and demons.
The Ascension of Jesus Christ (Acts 1: 4-11)
www.gooisemereninformatie.nl/naarden-menu/grote-sint-vitu...
In the Grote Kerk in Naarden there are 27 church paintings on the vault of the central nave in large dimensions, which were once applied to the white wood with glue paint.
The images represent the Last Judgment and scenes from the life of Jesus. On the other hand, there are ten representations from the Old Testament. P1310641
The performances are therefore based on scenes from the Old and New Testament and were largely based on woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and work by Jacob Cornelisz.
The beams, carvings and styles were painted in watercolor, with ornaments, weapons and attributes. The scenes, placed high above the church building, were set in elegantly executed edges with a late Gothic character.
This corresponded to the vault paintings in the St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar. Most of the performances included the weapons of the guilds or of persons who had originally donated them.
A painting of a church of this size was rare in the Netherlands and the work was, in view of the age and wars it had experienced, even in reasonable condition before the restoration.
Buys van Oostsanen
The 27 ceiling paintings were probably made in the early sixteenth century by a group of artists around Jacob Cornelisz (Buys) van Oostsanen. Monogram of the painter of the vaults
Van Oostsanen (1475-1533), born, as the name already says in Oostzaan, settled in Amsterdam in 1500 and bought there, with an interval of twenty years, two houses in the Kalverstraat.
His workshop included paintings, glass paintings and church vestments. In addition, Van Oostsanen and his employees carried out vault paintings in the large churches of Naarden, Alkmaar and Hoorn. Van Oostsanen died in 1533.
Importance of the paintings
The dating of the paintings in the Grote Kerk in Naarden was derived from the Count's Crown. One of the images featured the coat of arms of Charles the Fifth, who was elected emperor in 1519, so the paintings have to be dated earlier. Part of a vault painting
According to authorities in this field, the paintings were the most complete and intact series on a barrel vault that had been handed down in a church in the Netherlands.
Of the church paintings, the painter J.A. de Rijk, later professor at the R.K. Seminar "Hageveld", made accurate and fairly detailed drawings, which were exhibited at the exhibition of Gooise antiquities in 1882 and which were taken over by the Dutch Society of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The fact that the sketches were on display was due to the efforts of First Lieutenant Adjutant of Artillery, A.N.J. Fabius.
Presentation of the images (general)
The vault of the choir abbits, in figures of two or three times the size of man, represents the Last Judgment. This is the end of the whole and the end, to which all other ideas lead.
On the north side are scenes from the life of the Saviors:
The fear of the Lord in the Olive Garden - David and the Mount of Olives
The betrayal of Judas - kisses of men
The Flagellation of the Lord - Chastisement
The derision of the soldiers - taunting Elisha
The carrying of the cross - Isaac carrying the wood of sacrifice on his shoulders
The Crucifixion - Copper serpent in the desert
The Entombment - Jonas Devoured by a Sea Monster
The Resurrection - Simon who carried the gate of Gaza on his back
Ascension - Ascension of the prophet Elias to heaven
The Descent of the Holy Spirit - Declaration of the Ten Commandments on Sinai
The Last Judgment is directly in line with this. Opposite these ten scenes, in equal dimensions, on the other, or east side, are ten representations from the Old Testament, pre-depictions of the aforementioned. P1310622
Most of the scenes still included the weapons of the guilds or of special persons who had donated them. Some paintings depicted patron saints: Our Lady, the apostles Peter and Paul, St. George with the dragon, St. Sebastian and St. Hubert.
On one of the beams of the ceiling paintings was the following verse: "If one wrote 1618 sach. In May the 20th day, Do it was written here. God protects this church from any dangier."
It is wrongly thought that the ceiling paintings would not have been completed until 1618, but it is possible that the verse was from a visitor to the church. P1310105
The choir polygon consisted of five subjects. Over the centuries, these have suffered a lot from over- or additional paintings.
The Last Judgment was presented here. In the center sat Christ, flanked by trumpet angels.
The dead came down from their graves below. The northern polygon area was filled by a very beautifully executed angel, the southern one by devils and demons.