Design for a Baroque altar

Inventory number: CVH 334
Bollaert & Moortgat

Altar with two twisted pillars on either side of a central, framed surface, intended for a painting; there are two angels at the top at the ends of the broken fronton, and two side doors next to the altar tomb; the fronton of the altar is crowned in the centre by a large aureole.

Artist:

anonymous (Antwerp)

Dating:

1600-1699

Material:

Watercolour; brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

496 x 375 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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