Design for an altar

Inventory number: CVH 371
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: altar with a niche in the centre, intended for a rectangular painting (an icon or an early Madonna panel?), placed against a curtain, in front of which six putti are romping, while four of them hold the frame of the painting. There are many differences between the left and right halves of the sheet.

Artist:

anonymous (Antwerp)

Dating:

1690-1710

Material:

Watercolour; black ink on paper

Dimensions:

581 x 329 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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