A pair of Netherlandish limestone corbels, probably North Brabant late Gothic, 15th century

modelled as a male and female head, together with a similar corbel with a shield bearing angel

With collection Baron Van den Bogaerde, Kasteel Heeswijk.

Collectie van Gerwen-Lemmens, Valkenswaard 1981, pp. 18-19.

Pair of corbels: Both in reasonably good condition. Some loss of detail due to weathering, some smaller chips, traces of polychromy; the male head: wanting nose, restored chip and related loss to the chin, as visible in the catalogue photo; the femle head: damage to nose, restoration to the chin, shallow chip to the left cheek, chips and small restorations to the garments. Corbel with shield bearing angel: In reasonably good condition, loss of detail due to weathering, small losses. Large restored horizontal crack throughout the corbel.
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