St Michael, anonymous, c. 1500

Identification

Title(s)

St Michael

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-2490

Inscriptions / marks

mark, on the reverse, branded: three pales (the Mechelen wood quality mark)

Description

Michael en de draak.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Mechelen

Dating

c. 1500

Material and Technique

Physical features

walnut with polychromy and gilding

Material

walnut (hardwood)

Measurements

height 37.5 cm × width 12 cm × depth 7 cm

Subject

What

the Archangel Michael fighting the dragon (devil, Satan)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1875

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the collection A.P. Hermans-Smits (1822-1897), Eindhoven, with numerous other objects (BK-NM-2001 to -2800), fl. 14,000 for all, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1875; transferred to the museum, 1885; on loan to the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden, 2005-12

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 166
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], p. 69, cat.nr. 248
Die Holzskulptur in den Niederlanden, Marinus van Notten, Willem Vogelsang, dl. 2, nr. 78, pl. 26
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1904], p. 25, cat.nr. 104

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.24446

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