Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce Standard equipment included a sliding

Standard equipment included a sliding roof

two members of the garrotting fraternity are depicted as halting an attack when they realise it is their 'friend'

Cornelis van der Geest (1555-1638) was an Antwerp spice merchant and patron of the arts

whose first incarnation was in the form of fish

Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce Standard equipment included a slidingReligious utensils, c1520, (1843). Copy of a detail from a picture by John Schoorel of the Death of the Virgin, showing some of the principal religious utensils in use at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The brush leaning against the wall (aspersorium, or sprinkler), was used for sprinkling holy water. The small vase nearby is the holy water vat. The book lying open on the table is a psalter. The string of beads is a rosary. Over the cupboard,