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Epitaph of Peter van Thienen

Borman, Jan III (de Jonge)
ca. 1523

Object details

    Material characteristics

  • Technique

    polychromy
  • Material

    stone (worked rock)
  • Dimensions

    nis height: 101.5 cm
    nis width: 66 cm
    plaat height: 34.6 cm
    plaat width: 62 cm

    Inscriptions and marks

  • inscription

    Onderaan de nis
    Petri Thenesis nomine at non patria
    natalis illi nam locus Louanium
    sub hoc locello conteguntur pulveres
    qui et artium iurisq. utriusq : insignia
    cum laude consecuto, ornavit scholam legum professor publicus decennio
    annisq. bis decem explicavit canones
    frequenter interim assidens et iudici
    quin et rhotornacensis Hermeti sacra
    gaudebat hoc ornata decano decano ecclesia
    at mortuus prodest tamen nam perpetim
    suis alummnum iuris opibus educat
    huic quisquis es deum precare propitium
    obiit quarto idus decembris anno M.D.XX.III

    Provenance and documentation

  • Provenance

    Saint Peter's Church Leuven
  • Documentation

    Tussen hemel en aarde. Beleef het laatste avondmaal van Bouts
    Entre ciel et terre. Découverte de la cène de Bouts
    Between heaven and earth. Discover the last supper by Bouts
    Zwischen Himmel und Erde. Erleben sie das letzte Abendmahl von Bouts
    grafmonumenten & epitafen van de Leuvense Sint Pieterskerk , Reekmans, Paul
    Borman et Fils: Les meilleurs sculpteurs , Debaene, Marjan
    Leuven St. Pieterskerk Grafmonumenten Epitafen

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