Pinnacle of a tabernacle

anonymous, c. 1520

This relief once crowned a tabernacle, a wall cupboard near the altar in which the host was stored. The Virgin and Child are flanked left and right by the holy abbots Benedict of Nursia and Bernard of Clairvaux, the founders of the Benedictine and the Cistercian orders. This relief was probably made for a monastery of one of these orders.

  • Artwork typesculpture, tabernacle
  • Object numberBK-1985-41
  • Dimensionsheight 52 cm x width 37.2 cm x depth 4.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicslimestone with polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Pinnacle of a tabernacle
    • Crowning Element of a Tabernacle, with the Virgin and Child flanked by Sts Benedict and Bernard of Clairvaux

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1985-41

  • Description

    Epitaaf van gepolychromeerde kalksteen. Maria en kind geflankeerd door geflankeerd door Benedictus van Nursia en Bernardus van Clairvaux (?). De drie figuren staan in nissen, voor de nissen, op de predella staan Petrus, Johannes de Doper en Paulus als halffiguren. De kleuren zijn rood, blauw en vleeskleur en rijk verguldsel.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, in Paul’s open book, painted: ‘M’ (in a circle)

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: anonymous, Southern Netherlands
    • sculptor: anonymous, Brabant (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1520

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    limestone with polychromy

  • Dimensions

    height 52 cm x width 37.2 cm x depth 4.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    transference of ownership 1998

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from collection Prince Karel-Theodoor Hendrik Anton Meinrad (1903-1983), Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium, Oostende;{Note RMA. For the life of this prince, see R. Emmery, _Prins Karel: Leven in de schaduw van Leopold III_, Antwerp 2007.} sale Amsterdam (Christie’s), 12-13 September 1985, no. 428, fl. 34,800, to the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, Amsterdam; on loan to the museum, since 1985; on loan to the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden, 2005-12

Documentation

    • 'Recent Acquisitions at the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Supplement', The Burlington Magazine 132 (1990) nr. 1047, p. 444, afb. III.
    • P. Browe, Die Verehrung der Eucharistie im Mittelalter, Rome 1967.
    • E. Haarsma, Een laatgotisch gebeeldhouwd reliëf: een unicum van excellente kwaliteit, Utrecht (Rijksuniversiteit, vakgroep Kunstgeschiedenis) 1989 (ongepubliceerd)
    • D. Janssens (red.), Hoofsheid en devotie in de Middeleeuwse Maatschappij : De Nederlanden van de 12e tot de 15e eeuw, Brussel 1982, p. 175-207. Proceedings of the symposium in Brussels, 21-24 October 1981.
    • F.J. van Molle, Een laatgotisch wandtabernakel in de Sint-Elisabethkerk te Haren (Brussel), uit: Bulletin de l'Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, 2, 1959, pagina pp. 163-170

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  • Pinnacle of a tabernacle
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