Crowning Element of a Guild Torch with St Sebastian

attributed to workshop of Walter Pompe, c. 1760 - c. 1770

Top of a processional mace of a Guild of St Sebastian, possibly that of Berchem (near Antwerp). Limewood. Antwerp, c. 1750.

  • Artwork typeprocessional torch
  • Object numberBK-1979-96
  • Dimensionsheight 90 cm x width 61 cm x depth 16 cm, height 42 cm
  • Physical characteristicslimewood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Crowning Element of a Guild Torch with St Sebastian

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1979-96

  • Description

    Bekroning van een processietoorts van een Sint Sebastiaansgilde. In een omlijsting van twee naar elkaar toegewende C-voluten staat Sebastiaan aan een boom gebonden.

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: attributed to workshop of Walter Pompe, Antwerp

  • Dating

    c. 1760 - c. 1770

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    limewood

  • Dimensions

    • height 90 cm x width 61 cm x depth 16 cm
    • height 42 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1979

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by the Sint Sebastiaansgilde, Berchem (Antwerp), c. 1760-70; …; collection F. Mortelmans, Antwerp, by 1930;{_Exposition internationale, coloniale, maritime et d’art flamand: Section d’art flamand_, exh. cat. Antwerp 1930, vol. 3, p. 103, no. D 778.}…; collection Ch. Michiels, Antwerp, by 1961-until at least 1967;{_Kunstvoorwerpen uit verzamelingen in de Provincie Antwerpen_, exh. cat. Deurne (Museum Het Sterckshof) 1961, p. 7, no. 54; _Schatten der Vlaamse Schuttersgilden_, exh. cat. Antwerp (Museum Vleeshuis) and Brussels (Royal Museums for Art and History) 1966-67, p. 12, no. 50.} …; from the dealer C.J.J. Weegenaar, The Hague, fl. 6,750, to the museum, 1979

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