Two designs for a reliquary

Inventory number: CVH 338/9
Bollaert & Moortgat

Two designs for a reliquary beside one another. They both have the same form (a lidded tomb on a massive base), but the fittings and decorations differ. The two tombs are crowned with a laurel wreath, through which a sword and a palm of victory protrude diagonally.

Artist:

Jan-Baptist Verberckt the Elder

Dating:

unknown

Material:

Brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

182 x 292 mm

Marks :

Inscription bottom right; inscription on the reverse, in the upper left corner; inscription on the verso side, left; inscription on the reverse, right.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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