Design for an altar

Inventory number: CVH 123
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: altar with architecturally detailed tabernacle with wings ending in volutes, on each of which there is a kneeling angel. The crown is in the shape of a crown, surmounted by a triangle with God's all-seeing eye. On the wings there are medallions: the left one with the head of St. Peter and the right with the head of St. Paul.

Artist:

J.J. Van Der Neer

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black ink and pencil on paper

Dimensions:

542 x 296 mm

Marks :

Inscription in the open field above the tabernacle; inscription under the right medallion, on a banderole; inscription on the raised side of the altar.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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