Altaar van de Rooms Katholieke kerk te Rijsbergen

Altaar van de Rooms Katholieke kerk te Rijsbergen

anonymous

Details

Dimensions
height 529 cm x width 451 cm
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 99%

    The altar is arranged around a strong vertical axis, with paired columns, capitals, upper scroll forms, and flanking display arrangements creating pronounced bilateral symmetry.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

    The structure is densely decorated with carved-looking vegetal ornament, scrolls, moldings, capitals, contrasting architectural members, and an embroidered or ornamented altar frontal.

Medium and Techniques

  • Altarpiece Both · 93%

    The metadata identifies the object as an altar, and the image shows a large central devotional painting integrated into an architectural framework above the altar table.

  • Relief Visual · 78%

    Raised-looking ornamental elements are visible on the columns, capitals, pediment, and architectural framing, although the precise construction technique cannot be established from the image alone.

Time Periods

  • 17th Century Art Metadata · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum dates the work to circa 1625–1650, within the seventeenth century.

Cultural and Religious Styles

  • The title identifies the work as an altar from a Roman Catholic church, and the image visibly presents Christian devotional imagery, including a cross and a central scene with Christ surrounded by figures.

Furniture and Lighting

  • Furniture Both · 99%

    The Rijksmuseum classifies the work as furniture and altar, while the image shows a monumental freestanding ecclesiastical furnishing with a central altar structure and lower frontal.

Source & rights

anonymous. Altaar van de Rooms Katholieke kerk te Rijsbergen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.