Design: candlestick with the figure of an angel in the centre, depicted full-length, with a banderole with the inscription ‘INRI’ in both hands in front of his body; the angel is standing on the globe around which lies a serpent with an apple in its mouth. This globe is supported on the actual base, which is depicted in four variations: on the drawing sheet itself, two alternatives are given, one on the left and one on the other half; another alternative proposal for the base has been stuck on, also with two variations: on the left with a cherub’s head, and on the right without.
Artist:
Jan-Baptist Verberckt the Elder
Dating:
unknown
Material:
Brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
223 x 83 mm
Marks :
Inscription on the banderole that the angel holds on to; inscription left next to the candlestick, at the height of the pedestal (on the underlying drawing page); inscription left next to the pedestal, on the mounted page with alternative suggestion.
Place:
Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp
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