Brass lectern in the form of an eagle attributed to Aert van Tricht, Limburg (Netherlands), c. 1500,
The Cloisters
Aert van Tricht was a Dutch metal-caster who was active in
Maastricht between 1492 and 1501, in
Antwerp in 1521 (?). He is sometimes called Aert van Tricht the Elder to distinguish him from his son. His known works include the following:
Seven-branched candelabra for the Franciscan monastery in
Maastricht, 1492, now lost
Arched candelabrum used as a choir screen of
Xanten Cathedral, 1501
Bronze tabernacle in Bocholt Church in
Bocholt, Belgium, undated
Brass font, originally in St Nicolas'Church in Maastricht, now in the
Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht, undated and severely damaged (stripped of all ornaments)
References
Crab, Jan and F. Lenaerts, The Great Copper Pelican in the Choir: The Lectern from the Church of St. Peter in Louvain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 10 (Jun., 1968), pp. 401–406.
Brass lectern in the form of an eagle attributed to Aert van Tricht, Limburg (Netherlands), c. 1500,
The Cloisters
Aert van Tricht was a Dutch metal-caster who was active in
Maastricht between 1492 and 1501, in
Antwerp in 1521 (?). He is sometimes called Aert van Tricht the Elder to distinguish him from his son. His known works include the following:
Seven-branched candelabra for the Franciscan monastery in
Maastricht, 1492, now lost
Arched candelabrum used as a choir screen of
Xanten Cathedral, 1501
Bronze tabernacle in Bocholt Church in
Bocholt, Belgium, undated
Brass font, originally in St Nicolas'Church in Maastricht, now in the
Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht, undated and severely damaged (stripped of all ornaments)
References
Crab, Jan and F. Lenaerts, The Great Copper Pelican in the Choir: The Lectern from the Church of St. Peter in Louvain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 10 (Jun., 1968), pp. 401–406.