A German ebony portable house altar with gouaches depicting scenes from the life of Christ, Augsburg, 17th C.

603

H 55,5 cm

W 41 - 35 cm (open and closed)

D 12 cm 

 

Gouaches from the Franckenthaler School, which originated after the great religious persecutions in the Netherlands, since numerous Flemish artists moved to Germany at the end of the 16th C.

Provenance: 'Die Fürstliche Sammlung Thurn und Taxis', Sotheby's, Regensburg, October 1993, lot 1036 (StE 503/602).