Design for a portal

Inventory number: CVH 215 recto
Bollaert & Moortgat

Sketchy project: portal divided into three bays, with a raised middle section with a central niche, containing a bust of a saint, flanked by wings with volutes. Above the segmental door in the middle, there is a cardinal's or prelate's hat above an oval coat of arms. Against each wall of the side bays, there is a statue on a pedestal.

Artist:

Lodewijk Willemssens

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

181 x 130 mm

Marks :

Inscription in the middle, under the open passageway of the portico.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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