Alabaster, carved in half-relief, with remnants of a former painting
Mecheln, Belgium, 17th century
Fragment of a relief with the depiction of the last supper 
Framed in a rectangular gilded wooden frame and mounted on an oak plate
Dimensions relief: c. 12 x 14 x 1.5 cm
Dimensions frame: c. 17 x 19.5 x 2 cm
During the 16th and 17th century, alabaster reliefs were produced in large quantities as devotional images and have been popular export products in the southern Netherlands 

Condition:

The relief is in age-related condition. Some parts are broken and missing and the plate is broken through. The former painting is almost vanished. The frame is damaged.

Alabaster craft Mecheln

The alabaster industry in Mecheln was established by a small group of carvers who came partly from abroad. Working for the court of Margaret of Austria in the early 16th century, they adopted the Italian Renaissance style, which was imported and unknown to date. The small and parcel-gilt works usually depict mythological and biblical subjects and were manufactured until the 1st half of the 17th century. (kre)

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