Design for a tabernacle

Inventory number: CVH 338/5
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for a tabernacle with a chalice and host in an aureole on the door. An alternative for the sides is offered on the left and right: on the left is the high priest Melchisedec (?) with holy bread and on the right, a cherub. Underneath, next to the tabernacle, the cornice is depicted as a shadow.

Artist:

Jan-Baptist Verberckt the Elder

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Watercolour; brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

165 x 139 mm

Marks :

Inscription above the tabernacle.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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