Domestic altarpiece composed of two alabaster... Lot 49

Domestic altarpiece composed of two alabaster plaques carved in bas-relief with gold highlights and a carved wooden frame painted in black and gilded. Central plate representing the Resurrection and the arched one of the pediment the Entombment; architectural frame with friezes and base decorated with arabesques of foliage scrolls, alabaster pilasters with truncated cone-shaped sheaths surmounted by a caryatid bust topped by an Ionic capital, tympanum decorated with sphinxes, fruit falls with mask on drapery at the cushion. Brabant, Malines, circa 1550 Height : 55 cm - Width : 36,5 cm (central plate possibly replaced, slight accidents and wear to the plates, small restorations to the mouldings) Provenance : former collection of Pierre Van Bastelaer, Brussels