Lot 190
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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT CARVED RECTANGULAR ALABASTER RELIEFS OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI
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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT CARVED RECTANGULAR ALABASTER RELIEFS OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI

MALINES, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT CARVED RECTANGULAR ALABASTER RELIEFS OF THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS AND THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI
MALINES, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Each scene with cherubim overhead and a cartouche below with monogram 'HVI (?)'; each in a later oak frame painted with the inventory number '181'; minor damages and restorations
6¼ and 6 3/8 in. (15.9 and 16.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
P. F. Villert.
Literature
F. Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, no. 181, pl. 86.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, Exposition de sculptures anglaises et malinoises d'albâtre, 1967, pp. 51, 57.
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Lot Essay

The artist's monogram at the bottom of each of these reliefs appears to be unrecorded. It has been suggested that the sculptor may be a relation of Jacob Verhulst who signed 'IVH' and was active in the early 17th century.

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