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Section of Canopy and Altar
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Section of Canopy and Altar

anonymous · 1781 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A section of a baldachin with a double cross, angels, vases, and putti in clouds surrounding a triangle in a radiant halo. Below the baldachin an altar with three caryatids surrounding a thurible, the all-seeing eye, candlesticks, and a pelican feeding its three young. To the right three painted panels.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentcanopy, baldachinaltar
Credit lineDoorsnede van baldakijn en altaar. 1781. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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