Work of Art Record 12133

Record No

12133

Collection

The Elaine C. Block Database of Misericords

Inventory Number

Sequence: NB-10

Location

Belgium, Wallonia, Namur, Walcourt, Saint-Materne

Date

1510–1520

Subject Headings

Abraham, Sacrificing Isaac
Angel
Sword (Arms and Armor)
Abraham
Isaac

Description

Abraham, Sacrificing Isaac -- Abraham, bearded, kneeling, with right hand raising sword stayed by angel, and with his left hand grasping head of kneeling Isaac.

Notes

Sequence: NB-10

Citations

BLOCK Elaine, Corpus of medieval misericords: Belgium – Netherlands, (Edited by Christel Theunissen, Jos Koldeweij & Frédéric Billiet), Turnhout, 2010, pp. 22-24.

PAPART André, Walcourt: les stalles de la basilique, Walcourt, 1971.

RANDALL Lilian, Images in the margins of gothic manuscripts, Berkeley, 1966, p. 187.

BORCHEGRAVE D’ALTENA, Les stalles de l'église Saint-Sulpice à Diest, Bruxelles, 1939.

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, p. 249.

MAETERLINCK Louis, Le genre satirique, fantastique et licencieux dans la sculpture flamande et wallone, Les miséricordes de stalles (art et folklore), Paris, 1910, p. 196.

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