Design for a ciborium

Inventory number: CVH 317
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a silver ciborium with a lid. At the bottom of the bowl, there is a foliage motif with an oval medallion in the centre, depicting a lamb lying on a cross. At the base of the foot, in the centre, a triangle is depicted amongst rays of light, in which the all-seeing eye of God is drawn.

Artist:

Jan-Baptist Verberckt the Elder

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Chalk, sanguine, pencil and brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

349 x 220 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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