Design for the left-hand half of a frame for a painting or a brotherhood catalogue or reliquary

Inventory number: CVH 323
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for the left-hand half of a rectangular frame, probably for a painting (or for a reliquary?) with a bracket-shaped base with a cartouche. On the left is a decorative support with a winged cherub’s head, crowned by a cartouche with a cherub’s head and a Marian monogram. To the left of this is a cherub kneeling in prayer. On the corner is a vase on a small base.

Artist:

Jan-Peter van Baurscheit the Elder

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black ink and pencil on paper

Dimensions:

306 x 179 mm

Marks :

Inscription centred at the top in a medallion; inscription on the right edge.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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