Design for an altar

Inventory number: CVH 385
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: left-hand half of an altar with a segmental fronton, above which there is a triangle symbolising the Holy Trinity, surrounded by cherubs’ heads; above that is a very detailed canopy, placed concavely forwards in relation to the altar, a pilaster and a column, with a trumpet-blowing angel on the cornice above.

Artist:

Willem Ignatius Kerricx

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

570 x 289 mm

Marks :

Date at the top in the triangle; inscription at the height of the base of the altar pillars and right on the lower half of the page.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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