Altar Caisse, anonymous, c. 1440

Identification

Title(s)

Altar Caisse

Object type

Object number

BK-1964-2-D

Inscriptions / marks

number, in the right front corner of the top, carved: ‘V [?]’, location number
number, in the left front corner of the top, carved: ‘XV’, location number
number, between the other numbers, carved: ‘IIIII’, location number (much shallower and less broadly carved)
inscription, on the back, in black paint: mark in the shape of a Christ aureole or wheel

Description

Bak bestaande uit kapelachtige nis en een laag onderstuk met opengewerkt fries. Nis aan voorkant begrensd met twee zuilen met kapiteel waarop pinakels die accoladeboog met daarboven lage venstertracering insluiten. Achterwand met gotische vensters gescheiden door zuiltjes met kapitelen waarop ribgewelf.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1440

Material and Technique

Physical features

oak with polychromy

Material

oak (wood)

Technique

sawing / cutting / gilding

Measurements

height 97.8 cm × width 58.9 cm × depth 22.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; anonymous sale, Munich (Weinmüller), 7 December 1961, no. 828, fig. 50, with BK-1964-2-C to -E, to the dealers Graf und Gräfin Pourtalès, Prien am Chiemsee (Bavaria);{Note RMA.} from whom purchased by the dealer P. Drey, New York, 1962;{Note RMA.} from whom, with BK-1964-2-A to -E, $ 14,400 for all, to the museum, 1964

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 8c

Persistent URL

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