Lot Essay
The presence of lilies in this panel suggest the figure is Gabriel and therefore a fragment from a larger panel depicting the Annunciation.
Details
A polychrome oak panel, now in two sections, carved in relief with the kneeling figure of an angel, shown holding a censer and torch, a vase issuing lilies at his feet, restorations, parts lacking, wormed, Flemish, probably 17th century -- 25½in. x 21in. (64.7cm. x 53.3cm.)