5 plates representing coat of arms, mainly of the Brussels family Cloet.

Old wooden passe-partout and frame with glass, 35 x 98 cm.

The Cloet were an ancient and noble family of Brussels. Jan Cloet was alderman in 1506 and 1510. 4 variants of their coat of arms crested or crowned, the latest unidentified: 1. Kerckhove, M. - With motto "Virtute et sapientia" in a banner. 16,5 x 14 cm.-- 2. Heijlbrouck, Norbertus (1700-1762). - With an allegorical figure: helmeted woman holding a caduceus and reading a book, a bookcase in the background. 8 x 6 cm.-- 3. Heijlbrouck, Franciscus (1704-1780) - Crowned, with rococo border. 19 x 15,5 cm (some sm. spots).-- 4. Reduced version of num. 1. Unsigned, 11 x 9,5 cm.-- 5. Another coat of arms with helmet in a crown of laurel (Purple, two fesses wavy Argent, each charged with three "merlettes" Sable). 16 x 16 cm.
Ref. Rietstap II:98. - Henne, A. & Wauters, A. - Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles. II:488, 495.