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Tympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond
Also titled Timpaan van de abdij van Egmond
in or after 1121 - in or before 1130
- Medium
- lead (metal), metal, sandstone
- Classification
- relief (sculpture)
- Dimensions
- height 88 cm x width 175 cm (210 cm incl. corner pieces) x depth 12.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Petronilla, Duchess of Saxony and Countess of Holland, ordered this tympanum for above the entrance to the Benedictine monastery of Egmond-Binnen. She stands at right, her son, Count Dirk VI, at left. Both address the apostle Peter with the words inscribed along the edge: ‘O gate keeper of heaven, let in these faithful multitudes kneeling before you and intercede for them with the King of Heaven.’
