# Tabernacle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUYNE, Gabriel van den](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bruyne-gabriel-van-den-rf30a94e172de47>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

In 1537, a new sacrament house \(replacing an older one\) was commissioned for the church of St James in Leuven. The contract with sculptor/architect Gabriel van den Bruyne stipulated that the tabernacle in the north transept should be a copy of the , by then famous, sacrament house in Leuven&#39;s church of St Peter. In fact the result was a stylistic update.

## Related artworks

- [Tabernacle \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bruyne-gabriel-van-den-rf30a94e172de47/tabernacle-detail-r482a24b39a166f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)