Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ
c. 1500
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ, c. 1500. France and South Netherlands, 16th century. Wool, silk, gold thread; tapestry weave; overall: 107.3 x 240 cm (42 1/4 x 94 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.826
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Tapestry
- Formatted Medium
- Wool, silk, gold thread; tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 107.3 x 240 cm (42 1/4 x 94 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1942.826
- Credit Line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church, Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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