Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father

attributed to Theodor Verhaegen, c. 1725 - c. 1735

Private altar, devoted to the Virgin. Walnut, partly gilded. Malines or Antwerp, c. 1700 - 1725.

  • Artwork typesculpture, altar
  • Object numberBK-1978-161
  • Dimensionsheight 107 cm x width 63 cm x depth 19 cm, height 57 cm, height 49 cm
  • Physical characteristicswalnut with remnants of gilding

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1978-161

  • Description

    Huisaltaar met Maria en Christuskind tussen twee engelen. Het Christuskind staat op een hoge sokkel. Boven Maria en het Kind zit God geflankeerd door twee engelen die een baldakijn boven Hem ophouden. Op verschillende plaatsen is het hout verguld.

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: attributed to Theodor Verhaegen, Mechelen

  • Dating

    c. 1725 - c. 1735

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    walnut with remnants of gilding

  • Dimensions

    • height 107 cm x width 63 cm x depth 19 cm
    • height 57 cm
    • height 49 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

  • Acquisition

    gift 1978

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Franchomme, Brussels, by 1913;{J. Casier and P. Bergmans, _L’art ancien dans les Flandres (région de l’Escaut): Mémorial de l’exposition rétrospective organisée à Gand en 1913_, vol. 1, _Sculpture et mobilier_¸ exh. cat. Brussels 1914, pp. 94-95, pl. LXXXI.} …; from sale Brussels (Palais des Beaux Arts), 22/25 March 1977, no. 582, to the dealer E. Golbert, Antwerp; from whom, fl. 80,000, to the museum, as a gift by the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, 1978

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  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father
  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father
  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father
  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father
  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father
  • Portico-Shaped House Altar with Virgin and Child and God the Father