Design for an antependium

Inventory number: CVH 319
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: antependium, with the Ascension of the Virgin as its central motif, and to the left and right, alternative decorative motifs in Regency and Rococo styles; the Virgin is depicted on a cloud, surrounded by angels and an aureole, as she as ascending to heaven; two Apostles are kneeling by the open grave. In the left-hand panel, there is a tower, held by putti, in reference to a title for the Madonna from the Litany of Loretto.

Artist:

anonymous (Antwerp)

Dating:

1700-1799

Material:

Watercolour; black ink on paper

Dimensions:

121 x 257 mm

Marks :

Inscription at the top, on the edge of the drawing.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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