SALES ARCHIVE

A VERY ATTRACTIVE MID 17TH CENTURY SOUTH GERMAN CARVED AND GILDED HANGING ALTAR. DATED 1656.

THE WHOLE CARVED WITH SCROLLS AND SPIRAL COLUMNS WITH FINIALS TO THE TOP, THE ARCHED CENTRAL SHELF ABOVE A PLAQUE BEARING THE INSCRIPTION IN GERMAN AND LATIN.

WHICH READS-
" ON 20 JULY IN THE YEAR 1656 THE TITLED HERR JOHAN CARL LINDNER COMMISSIONED AND HAD ERECTED THIS ALTAR TO YOUR ROMAN IMPERIAL MAJESTY .... AS WELL AS TO HIS DEAR WIFE ANNA BARBARA LINDNER ( NEE FISCHER ),TO GOD, TO THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, TO SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, TO SAINT ANNE AND TO ALL THE DEAR SAINTS. PRAY BEFORE IT."


STOCK NO 1706.


Dimensions:
Height: 49 inches (124.5 cms)
Width: 41 inches (104.1 cms)

SOLD

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