Work of Art Record 11730

Record No

11730

Collection

The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords

Inventory Number

Sequence: SB-5

Location

Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Bruges, Sint-Salvatorskathedraal

Date

1425–1449

Subject Headings

Abraham, Sacrificing Isaac
Abraham
Isaac

Description

Abraham, Sacrificing Isaac -- Abraham (right arm and sword missing) with left hand grasping hair of Isaac, kneeling, with joined hands raised. Above at left, bust of angel (arms missing) and below a ram (head missing).

Notes

Sequence: SB-5

Citations

BLOCK Elaine, Corpus of medieval misericords: Belgium – Netherlands, (Edited by Christel Theunissen, Jos Koldeweij & Frédéric Billiet), Turnhout, 2010, pp. 36-39.

DEBERGH Nadine, Koorgestoelten in West-Vlaanderen, Tielt, 1982, Oudheden in West-en-Frans-Vlaanderen, pp. 43-44.

BORCHEGRAVE D’ALTENA, « Notes pour servir à l'étude des stalles en Belgique », Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles, n°41, 1937, pp. 231-258.

MAETERLINCK Louis, Le genre satirique, fantastique et licencieux dans la sculpture flamande et wallone, Les miséricordes de stalles (art et folklore), Paris, 1910, pp. 83-91, 105-113.

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