Design for a monumental portal

Inventory number: CVH 457
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: a monumental tripartite portal of a chapel, with an entrance gate flanked by two Ionian columns, which support a main frame, in the middle of which is a niche with, in it, a full-length Jesus. On each side of the niche: a hovering angel with a palm. On each side of the entrance-hall: a niche in which an angel is carrying the instruments of the Passion. Depicted also, below the drawing of the  upright partition, is a small ground plan of the portal.

Artist:

anonymous (Antwerp), 1625-1650

Dating:

1625-1650

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

751 x 514 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the reverse.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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