Design for the crown of an altar or for a baldachin

Inventory number: CVH 419
Bollaert & Moortgat

Preliminary sketch for the crown of an altar or for a baldachin (a canopy of state over an altar), with angels and the Holy Ghost above it; on the top of the crown, from which grapes and ears of corn (Eucharistic symbols) appear: the pelican and her young.

Artist:

Jan-Frans van Geel

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Pencil on paper

Dimensions:

406 x 301 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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