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Inventory number: CVH 286

Design: an altar with a large niche in the middle (for putting a statue in) with, above it, a parapet with some volutes which prop up a crown. Two winged angels kneel at the ends of the altar, gazing into the niche. On the altar is a tabernacle. Typical Louis XIV motifs (e.g. the "lambrequins") are intermingled with ornamentation, which heralds the Rococo.
Artist:
anonymous (the Southern Germany)
Dating:
1690-1710
Material:
Watercolour; black ink on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
374 x 234 mm
Place:
Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp
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