A FLEMISH BRONZE TABLE BELL

JOHAN VAN DEN EYNDE, CALLED JOHAN A FINE, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1547

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A FLEMISH BRONZE TABLE BELL
JOHAN VAN DEN EYNDE, CALLED JOHAN A FINE, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1547
The acabthus cast handle above a crisply cast body the upper rim inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA above a frieze depicting the Virgin and probably the Archangel Gabriel flanked and divided by putti and flowervases above the inscription IC BEN GHEGOTEN INT IAR MDXLVII
12 cm. high

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Lot Essay

Johan van den Eynde, called Johan a Fine was born in Malines in 1515. He is recorded having been working there until 1545 when he moved to Antwerp where he worked until after 1556.
A related table bell is illustrated in O. ter Kuile, Koper en Brons, The Hague, 1986, p. 236, no. 327.

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