Zoutleeuw - Sint-Leonduskerk Interior
A walk round the interior of the church reveals the wealth of paintings, sculptures and other works of art of a religious character; only the more important can be mentioned here.
A multi-colored painted wooden sculpture showing "Maria in the Rosary" surrounded by angels hangs from the roof of the nave; it was carved in 1530.
In the right side-aisle the first feature of interest is the second chapel dedicated to St Anne.
A multi-colored painted wooden sculpture showing "Maria in the Rosary" surrounded by angels hangs from the roof of the nave; it was carved in 1530.
In the right side-aisle the first feature of interest is the second chapel dedicated to St Anne.
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On the left is the St Anne altar of 1565 in the style of the Antwerp school with painted wings dating from the 17th C., and nearby a very fine little triptych with the Crucifixion scene in glass (1535). On the wall opposite there is a triptych of 1525 with a representation of the "Glorification of the Cross" by Spieken.
The adjoining chapel of St Hubertus contains a triptych of the "Sorrow of Our Lady" created by Pieter Aertsen in 1575.
Next comes the sacristy built in Flamboyant style, above the entrance to which is a Romanesque picture of Christ.
In the right transept we can first see the extraordinary St Leonard's altar which the Brussels' artist Arnold de Maeler made in 1478. The painted and gilded statue of the saint in the center of the altar dates from the year 1300.
In the niches of the ambulatory numerous sculptures have been set up including 12 of saints, dating from the 12th to the 16th C., and a polychromatic statue of Mary (15th C.). Also notable is a copper desk in the form of an eagle (Antwerp (1468)).
The chapel in the left side-aisle is the Erasmus chapel. The triptych "The Seven Joys of Mary" (1554) is attributed to Pieter Aertsen. The wings portray the martyrdom of St Erasmus, St Blasius and St Laurentius.
The adjoining chapel of St Hubertus contains a triptych of the "Sorrow of Our Lady" created by Pieter Aertsen in 1575.
Next comes the sacristy built in Flamboyant style, above the entrance to which is a Romanesque picture of Christ.
In the right transept we can first see the extraordinary St Leonard's altar which the Brussels' artist Arnold de Maeler made in 1478. The painted and gilded statue of the saint in the center of the altar dates from the year 1300.
In the niches of the ambulatory numerous sculptures have been set up including 12 of saints, dating from the 12th to the 16th C., and a polychromatic statue of Mary (15th C.). Also notable is a copper desk in the form of an eagle (Antwerp (1468)).
The chapel in the left side-aisle is the Erasmus chapel. The triptych "The Seven Joys of Mary" (1554) is attributed to Pieter Aertsen. The wings portray the martyrdom of St Erasmus, St Blasius and St Laurentius.
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