Porcelain from Andenne and elsewhere

Porcelain from Andenne and elsewhere

Religious folk art

Collections of Alfons Claes, Albert Smets, Jozef Vangorp and the Musée de la Grande Ardenne

In 1988, the Musée de la Grande Ardenne – Piconrue dedicated its annual exhibition to an exceptional collection of religious porcelain statuettes from Andenne: the collection assembled by Alfons Claes. This album is a reprint of the catalogue published for that occasion, with a few additions: the illustrations are all in colour and a handy list of the saints’ attributes can be found at the end of the volume.

Alfons Claes’s extraordinary collection allows us to reconstruct, in broad strokes, the life of Jesus, from the nativity scene to the crucifixion. Added to this is a series of figurines depicting the Virgin Mary and the saints most representative of popular piety, such as Saint Barbara and Saint Hubert.