Lecture: Death, Devotion, and the Many Lives of a Brussels House Altar @artinstitutechi
Lecture: Death, Devotion, and the Many Lives of a Brussels House Altar @artinstitutechi
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
In celebration of a three-year loan from the Phoebus Foundation in Antwerp, curator Jacquelyn N. Coutré discusses a painted and carved house altar produced in Brussels in the late 15th century. She explores its unusual iconography, offers theories about its evolving function, and shares tales of its storied history.
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