"The stone pulpit of the 13th century church of Fransum, Groningen"

Helmantel - The stone Pulpit of the Church in Fransum, Groningen

Henk Helmantel

(born in Westeremden, 1945)

“The stone pulpit of the 13th century church of Fransum, Groningen”

Oil on board

81,5 x 64 cm

signed and dated 'H.F.N. Helmantel AD 2005' on verso: signed again and titled 'Kerk te Fransum' by the artist in white chalk

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Notes

This church in the small village Fransum, Groningen, was built in the first half of the 13th century. The choir and the western wall date from the second quarter of the 16th century. The brick pulpit too was made in this period.

Provenance

directly from the artist

Exhibition

Franeker, Museum Martena, ‘Van binnenuit, kerkinterieurs van Loppersum tot Wier van Henk Helmantel en Douwes Elias’, July – September 2010; Ezinge, Museum Wierdenland, ‘Helmantel, Oudheden en erfgoed als inspiratie’, Februari- Sept 2014.