Diptych of Jean Carondelet by Gossaert in the Louvre, June 2014

Jan GOSSAERT (sometimes known as MABUSE) (Maubeuge?, c. 1478 - Middelburg or Antwerp, 1532)

Diptych of Jean Carondelet

1517

H. 0.42 m; W. 0.27 m

Acquired from the architect Bernard, Valenciennes, 1847 , 1847

Left panel: Jean Carondelet (1469-1544); on the reverse, coat of arms, number (IC), and model's motto.
Right panel: Virgin and Child; on the reverse, Trompe-l'il death's head.

INV. 1442, INV. 1443

In 1517, this cleric, who was an important official in the Dutch government, accompanied the future Charles V to Spain. The diptych was possibly painted on this occasion as a sort of ex-voto, with the moral of trusting in God and the Virgin Mary and being lucid in the face of death.

Text from: www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/diptych-jean-carondelet