Object Description
A Very Rare Oak Medieval Sculpture Of A Central Panel From An Altarpiece Of The Praying Virgin Standing On The Half Moon With The Snake.
Still with a large part of the original polychrome.
Carved Oak, Southern Netherlandish.
First half 16th century.
61cm high 28cm deep.
Price on Application.
It is interesting to see that a similar panel with the virgin and child is also as a central panel in an Antwerp Altarpiece dating from circa 1520.
This altarpiece is now in Västeräs in Sweden.
A praying virgin standing on half a moon with snake you can find also on an Antwerp altarpiece dating from the first half of the 16th century.
Now in the church of Notre-Dame in Ternant France.