1960.751.15: Florentine Border depicting the Virgin Adoring the Child with Angels
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.751.15
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Florentine Border depicting the Virgin Adoring the Child with Angels
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- third quarter 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214614
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk
- Technique
- Lampas
- Dimensions
- 28.6 × 27.3 cm (11 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.751.15
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Textile fragment known as a "Florentine border", from an orphrey panel, depicting the Virgin adoring the Child flanked by two angels with a red satin ground and silk lampas using supplementary gilt metallic yarns. Above are the words from the Gospel according to St. John:1, "[VE]RBVM HARO FATVM EST" (The Word is made flesh)
Verification Level
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