Tag: HELL

10 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 14

Sep 15, 2017

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Zaidan Art Blog

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Netherlandish, Malines, circa 1600 THE DESCENT INTO HELL Partially gilt alabaster relief 20 x 15 cm, 7 3/4 by 6 in Private collection Mechelen (French: Malines) is one of Flanders’ prominent cities of historical art, with Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. It was notably a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance, when painters,…