Tabernacle frame
Tabernacle
1638 (made)
1638 (made)
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This object is an elaborate altar-frame in two tiers with a predella. The smaller top frame, resting on an architrave is cut out to take an oval relief and surmounted by baroques volutes and bordered by scrollwork at the sides, on the face at each corner are applied boxwood cherub heads. On either side of this frame standing on the architrave there is a marble angel. The larger lower frame is designed to take a rectangular panel, and is flanked by baroque scrolls while the face of the frame is ornamented with applied cherub heads and swags in boxwood, while above in the middle, there is a circular shield inscribed 'MRA' in relief. The predella rests on steps and is cut to take an oblong relief which shows a scene of the Adoration of the Shepherds. At either end supporting the altarpiece there are boxwood cherub heads and swags.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tabernacle frame (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Marble, boxwood, inlaid woods |
| Brief description | Boxwood and marble tabernacle for the Adoration of the Shepherds, by George Brenck the younger, Germany, 1638 |
| Physical description | Tabernacle, elaborate altar-frame in two tiers with predella. The smaller top frame, resting on an architrave is cut out to take an oval relief and surmounted by baroques volutes and bordered by scrollwork at the sides, on the face at each corner are applied boxwood cherub heads. On either side of this frame standing on the architrave is a marble angel. The larger lower frame designed to take a rectangular panel, is flanked by baroque scrolls; the face of the frame ornamented with applied cherub heads and swags in boxwood; above in the middle, a circular shield inscribed 'MRA' in relief. The predella rests on steps and is cut to, take an oblong relief; at either end supporting the altarpiece are boxwood cherub heads and swags. The centre relief shows a scenes of the Adoration of the Shepherds. |
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| Gallery label | HOUSE ALTAR
German (Franconia); signed and dated 1638
Marble in a frame of boxwood and other woods
By George Brenk the Younger (b. 1593)
Purchased under the Bequest of Captain H.B. Murray
The three reliefs depicting the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Coronation of the Virgin with the cherubs are set in an elaborate frame which reflects the style of large altarpieces produced by Brenk the Younger in Franconia.
(1993 - 2011) |
| Credit line | Purchased under the bequest of Captain H. B. Murray. |
| Object history | Bought from Baron Nettlebladt of Glassenbury Park, Cranbrook, Kent. He had acquired it from David Reiling of Mainz. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This object is an elaborate altar-frame in two tiers with a predella. The smaller top frame, resting on an architrave is cut out to take an oval relief and surmounted by baroques volutes and bordered by scrollwork at the sides, on the face at each corner are applied boxwood cherub heads. On either side of this frame standing on the architrave there is a marble angel. The larger lower frame is designed to take a rectangular panel, and is flanked by baroque scrolls while the face of the frame is ornamented with applied cherub heads and swags in boxwood, while above in the middle, there is a circular shield inscribed 'MRA' in relief. The predella rests on steps and is cut to take an oblong relief which shows a scene of the Adoration of the Shepherds. At either end supporting the altarpiece there are boxwood cherub heads and swags. |
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| Accession number | A.19-1933 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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