SOUTHERN NETHERANDISH, MALINES, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY | HOUSE ALTAR WITH THE LAST SUPPER
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July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
SOUTHERN NETHERANDISH, MALINES, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
HOUSE ALTAR WITH THE LAST SUPPER
partially gilt alabaster, in a gilt and polychromed wood frame, on a later wood and velvet lined board
alabaster: 24 by 19 cm., 9½by 7½in.
66 by 49 cm., 26 by 19¼in. overall
The central alabaster relief in the present lot is identical in composition to a House Altar in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no. NK-NM-2918), exhibited in Brussels in the 1967 exhibition of English and Malines alabasters (op. cit. no. M/6, fig. 18). Although part of the elaborate frame of the present lot appears to have been lost, it does, in contrast to the Rijksmuseum version, preserve the traditional lunette relief of God the Father at the top.
RELATED LITERATURE
Gh. Derveaux-Van Ussel, Exposition de Sculptures anglaises et malinoises d'Albâtre, exh. cat. Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1967, cat. no. 42-43, fig. 18