Designs for two intrados depicting allegorical figures

Inventory number: CVH 128 recto
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for two intrados or pendentives of a dome: on the left is an allegorical figure (Darkness?) who is covering a second figure with cloths; on the right is an allegorical figure (Light?) holding a thunderbolt, who is driving away another figure holding a broken sword. The intrados are depicted against a background of washed black ink that covers the whole sheet.

Artist:

Gilles Lambert Godecharle

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

359 x 240 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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