THREE PARCEL-GILT ALABASTER RELIEFS DEPICTING THE DREAM OF JACOB, THE LAST SUPPER, AND FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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THREE PARCEL-GILT ALABASTER RELIEFS DEPICTING THE DREAM OF JACOB, THE LAST SUPPER, AND FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY
MALINES, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

The Virgin and Child relief signed with the monogram for Tissenaken, and the Last Supper relief signed with the monogram probably for Hans Verbeke the Younger; each on a later wooden mount.
Some wear to gilding; cracks; losses.
3¾, 3 5/8 and 3 7/8in. (9.5, 9.2 and 9.8cm.) high (3)

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For notes on the various monograms used by Malines alabaster carvers, see Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Exposition de Sculptures anglaises et malinoises d'Albâtre, 28 Sep.-5 Nov. 1967, pp. 50-63.

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