Five plates from the gravestone of Gijsbert Willemsz. Raet in Gouda, The five plates are cast and have cut-out and engraved representations that were originally fully or partially colored. The middle part consists of a triangle placed at a point, the sides of which are broken through by braces. A barefoot angel with a halo around his head is depicted in the field against a vegetative background. He holds up two coats of arms with the help of belts. The right arm is divided: 1. in red the Holy Sepulcher with a Jerusalem cross above it. 2. a Catharinarad, pierced with two swords. The left arm: a chalice between two facing palm branches. On the edge, the following text, derived from the Vulgate from Job XVII, 12 and 13, is written in minuskels: I expect light again). The upper brace arc is trimmed with highs. The four corner pieces have a perimeter, which is made up of four brace arches, with leaf ornaments on four corners. The fields are occupied by the four Evangelist symbols, a kneeling angel with on the banderole in gothic script: matheus, a winged lion with marcs on the banderole, a winged eagle with iohes, a winged bull with lucas., anonymous, Gouda (possibly), c. 1511, brass (alloy), gilding, h 87.5 cm × w 79.0 cm h 24.0 cm × w 24.5 cm t 0.5 cm
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