Altar Cloth: Fragment of an Antependium: Cherubs and Madonna and Child in Mandorla
Unknown Italian, Italian
16th century
Silk brocade
Overall: 9 × 26 3/4 in. (22.9 × 68 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
T.978.13
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ITAL 14, Introduction to Italian Culture, Tania Convertini, Fall 2021
HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
HIST 7.19, Medieval Paris, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Selections 3rd-15th Centuries from the College Collection featuring new acquisitions, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, April 21-May 21, 1978.
Provenance
M. Glueckselig & Sons, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1978.
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