Embroidered Tondo from an Altar Frontal: The Coronation of the Virgin
1459
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Embroidered Tondo from an Altar Frontal: The Coronation of the Virgin, 1459. Italy, Florence. Embroidery with gold, silver, and silk thread; split, satin, and couching stitches, or nué (shaded
gold); overall: 57.8 x 57.8 cm (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.129
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- Embroidery with gold, silver, and silk thread; split, satin, and couching stitches, or nué (shaded gold)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 57.8 x 57.8 cm (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: the embroidery is backed by an old reused parchment with Latin writing over which in Italian is penned an inscription: "This pallioto was embroidered in the year 1486 by the venerable Margherita del Caccia nun of this monastery. . ." [It is difficult to know to what extent one should rely on this inscription as the style and technique both point clearly to an earlier date.]
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1953.129
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400, Gothic Art 1360-1440, Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage, Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection, Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church, Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, <em>Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900,</em> Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (1930)., <em>Kleinkunst der italienischen Frührenaissance,</em> Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (1936)., <em>Types of Musical Instruments,</em> The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Fall 1956)., <em>Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, </em>Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959)., <em>The International Style,</em> The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (October 23-December 30, 1962)., <em>Gallery 216 Installation,</em> The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 1991).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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