Baroque Jewel in Gothic Shrine
Antwerp, Confessional in St Paul’s Church. Confessionnal de l’Église de St Paul a Anvers. With several figures. Color lithograph by François Stroobant (Brussels 1819 – Elsene 1916). Inscribed: F S (18)53 (in reverse) / F. Stroobant del. et lith. / C. Muquardt éditeur. / Imp. Simonau & Toovey, Bruxelles., otherwise in French, German, and English as above 34.4 x 22.3 cm.
Boetticher II/2, 855. – “Belgian architectural painter … known by works and drawings to art history, especially of his homeland. Several drawings lithographed by himself.”
The rich Baroque altars of the former Dominican church just as the carved furnishings, among which
the confessionals with totally 40 life-sized figures
stand out once more ,
reckon among the most beautiful altogether.
Offer no. 15,503 / EUR 148. (c. US$ 208.) + shipping
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