Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce After his execution

After his execution

whose first incarnation was in the form of fish

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

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Religious utensils mb-artistname Charles Sprague Pearce After his executionReligious 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,