Design for a reliquary (?)

Inventory number: CVH 437
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a reliquary in the form of a pedestal of a monstrance with, on top of that, a shaft in the form of an angel mounted frontally who, in her raised hands, is clutching a glass holder; behind the angel’s head is a third larger holder, intended for a relic.

Artist:

anonymous (Antwerp?), 1600-1650

Dating:

1600-1650

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

285 x 174 mm

Marks :

Inscription links at the bottom on the base of reliquary; inscription right middle of title page.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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