Wooden Pulpit
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. Wooden pulpit designed by Jan Antoon Garemijn between 1739 and 1743, and realized in oak, by a master carpenter J. Clauwaert and sculptors Jan Van Hecke, Pieter van Walleghem and Ph. Scherlaecken. The figure on top represents Truth (Veritas).
Representation of the twelve Apostles stand against the pillars in the nave.
"...the carved wooden pulpit of 1743, with figures and reliefs (Wisdom seated on the terrestrial globe)..."--Baedeker 1910.
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