Graftombe, BY Kerklaan 9 Soesterberg (Soest 26)

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The Roman Catholic cemetery 'Carolus Borromeus' at Soesterberg was established in 1838 on a plot of land called de Sterrenberg, offered by the noble family Bosch van Drakensteyn. The family Bosch van Drakensteyn had reserved a plot of land on the cemetery, where deceased family members were buried over the years. The GRAVE MONUMENT of Jan Hendrik Frederik Bosch van Drakensteyn, formerly member of the First Chamber of the States General, dates from 1851 and is the oldest on the cemetery. His son Frederik Willem Bosch (1836-1849) is also buried there. Designer and sculptor are unknown. The cemetery also contains the state-protected grave monument of jonkheer P.J.Bosch van Drakensteyn from 1895 (mon.nr. 512725).

Description

A neogothic grave monument from 1851 located on the Roman Catholic cemetery 'Carolus Borromeus' at Soesterberg, belonging to J.H.F. Bosch van Drakensteyn and his son Frederik Willem Bosch, consists of a cross-shaped grave monument placed on the grave slab. It is composed of natural stone components and has a saddle roof-shaped coping. At the crossing a structure executed in neogothic style is placed, consisting of a basement, a pedestal and a chapel-like volume as coping. The pedestal placed on the basement has an encircling plinth at the base. The front is provided at the corners with small columns with fantasy capitals. Each facade side of the pedestal has a panel with high reliefs. These consist on the right and left sides of three coupled pointed arches, while in the relief on the front the family coat of arms is carved out, framed by acanthus leaves. The relief on the rear is a commemorative plaquette in memory of the son Frederik Willem Bosch (1836-1849) who died at the age of thirteen. The pedestal has been given a projecting moulding as coping. The chapel-like volume consists on each side of a pointed gable. On the corners at the front an angel is positioned, resting with its feet on the column of the pedestal. Above their heads a pinnacle is placed that projects above the aforementioned saddle roof gables. The facade planes of the chapel are provided with high reliefs, in which two coupled pointed arches with simple tracery are carved out. Both on the front and rear sides a cross is applied. The cross on the front is of white marble, above which a mascaron is carved out. The roof edges on the front are provided with crockets. The intersecting saddle roof gables have been given a cross flower at the ridge ends (on the front this has disappeared). On the rear side water spouts are attached at the corners, which partially rest on a corner console. The monument is enclosed by a cast-iron railing fence with natural stone pillars. The railings are crowned by a fleur-de-lis and was manufactured by the Utrecht firm P.N. Hoorman.

Valuation

The grave monument of W.H.F. Bosch van Drakensteyn and his son F.W. Bosch is of general importance because of its cultural and architectural-historical value as a typologically intact example of a grave monument in neogothic style from the middle of the 19th century with richly detailed sculptural work. It is of importance because it is a relic of the funerary culture from the nineteenth century. It is also of value because of the historical and spatial relationship with the noble family Bosch van Drakensteyn, on whose land the cemetery was established and of which several family members are buried here.