Design for a tabernacle

Inventory number: CVH 326 recto
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design: tabernacle, crowned with a crucifix, under which is a pelican with its young. Lower down, only the left-hand half has been filled in with ornamentation: next to the tabernacle door, there are two angel terms; there is also ornamentation in the predella, including rosettes; on the door of the tabernacle is a half chalice with the host. A plan of the tabernacle is drawn under the elevation.

Artist:

anonymous (the Southern Netherlands)

Dating:

1700-1725

Material:

Watercolour; brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

311 x 234 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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