Massacre of the Innocents | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.1
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Massacre of the Innocents
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Massacre of the Innocents (formerly upholstered on 1930.225)
Classification: Textile Arts
Work Type: textile
Date: c. 1700
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/211197

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) with wool (two-ply woolen) & silk
Technique: Embroidery
Dimensions: 42.55 x 60.96 cm (16 3/4 x 24 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1930. This upholstery was removed from a deaccessioned chair from the Naumburg bequest in 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.1
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Embroidered upholstery fragment depicting the Massacre of the Innocents. Finely worked in tent stitch. Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) on wool (two-ply woolen) and silk (multi-ply).

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