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Alabaster From Malines By Tobias Van Tissenaken, Depicting Saint Francis Of Assisi, C. 1600
A beautiful bas-relief in Malines alabaster depictingthe life of Saint Francis of Assisi, a major Catholic figure and founder of the Franciscan Order. Franciscans wear a white cord(or belt) around their habit, adorned with three knots symbolizing the three Franciscan vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience.
An interesting detail catches the eye: the Virgin and Child is holding the knotted cord. Is this a depiction of Mary as the “Virgin Who Unties Knots”?
The work bears the signature of Master Tobias vanTissenaken (c. 1560/1570–1624), a Flemish painter and sculptor from Mechelen/Malines (Belgium), famous for his finely crafted devotional bas-reliefs inalabaster.Traces of gilding are still visible.
Dimensions: 23.5 x 20.5 cm (including frame).Dimensions of the alabaster: 12.7 x 9.7 cm (in a later frame).
Condition: see photos. Normal cracks from age. Losses andsome restorations in the upper left corner.
Hence the price.
An interesting detail catches the eye: the Virgin and Child is holding the knotted cord. Is this a depiction of Mary as the “Virgin Who Unties Knots”?
The work bears the signature of Master Tobias vanTissenaken (c. 1560/1570–1624), a Flemish painter and sculptor from Mechelen/Malines (Belgium), famous for his finely crafted devotional bas-reliefs inalabaster.Traces of gilding are still visible.
Dimensions: 23.5 x 20.5 cm (including frame).Dimensions of the alabaster: 12.7 x 9.7 cm (in a later frame).
Condition: see photos. Normal cracks from age. Losses andsome restorations in the upper left corner.
Hence the price.
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