BELGIUM Ghent Interior of St. Bavo Cathedral

Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1850 Publisher: H.C. Crockett, John Tallis & Company, London and New York Condition: 1-2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). An unobtrusive, light brownish area appr. in the center of image. Dimensions: 7.5 x 10 inches, (18,5 x 25 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: Green border around the print is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. Narrative: From Bruges to Ghent the journey was but a shori one, and a day after found us in the capital of East Flanders, situated at the confluence of three rivers which mingle in the Scheldt. Built, in fact, Upon waters, its streets are navigable canals, and innumerable bridges offer facilities for otherwise traversing the city than by means of boats. The city is of a triangular form, is divided into some twenty-six islands, and has a circumference of about fifteen miles, the greater portion of which is devoted to gardens, bleaching-grounds, and com. Ghent, with eighty thousand inhabitants, its gates, squares, and more than fifty stately churches, has some claim to be considered important — and in reality is so. The cathedral of St. Bavon, adorned by some of the wonderful productions of Van Eyck, whose mastery of colour is to this hour a marvel for the freshness and vividness of its hues, remains almost unequalled in the world. The tower, which was twice burned down, rises to nearly three hundred feet, and terminates in a platform, from whence a fine view of the smTOunding country is to be obtained. The pulpit of carved wood, decorated with marble reliefs, is from the chisel of Delvaux, a sculptor of great reputation in his time. The subject of Van Eyck's picture is taken from the Apocalypse, and the Celestial Lamb, sun-ounded by angels and saints, is one of the most artistic and precious efforts of genius ever produced. Painted, as it was, upwards of four hundred years ago, the brilliant effect of the whole is almost incredible ; and time, which blackens the pictures of other artists, has had here no such effect. The cathedral has several of its twenty-four chapels thus elegantly and devoutly adorned. In the fourteenth, we see a picture by Reubens, of St. Bavon being received into the abbey of St. Arnaud. The accessories of the altar, the candlesticks, etc., are of equal value as relics of decayed genius, and the four candelabras are said to have belonged to Charles I. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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