Preliminary sketch: three urns

Inventory number: CVH 359
Bollaert & Moortgat

Design for three different models of an urn: the urn on the left has a bull’s head in the centre and two figures on top, along the neck; the central urn has two handles high up, and the head of a man with a ring through his mouth below, where the handles meet the body; the urn on the right has a person’s head in the centre, with drapery.

Artist:

A. Peeters

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Black and brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

180 x 305 mm

Marks :

Inscription on the upper edge, above the three drawings of the urns; inscription above the middle urn, inside the rectangular frame that is drawn around it; inscription on the reverse.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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