Design for an altar with the Adoration of the Magi

Inventory number: CVH 88 recto
Bollaert & Moortgat

Three-part altar, intended for setting up the three panels of a triptych - the central panel and the two wings - separately. On the segmental cornice and the two straight parts is a group of statues (the Adoration of the Magi). On the predella is a representation of purgatory in relief.

Artist:

Peter Scheemaeckers the Elder

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

304 x 220 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the reverse, right approximately halfway up.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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