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accession number: 1953.129
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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
title: Embroidered Tondo from an Altar Frontal: The Coronation of the Virgin
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creation date: 1459
creation date earliest: 1459
creation date latest: 1459
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, Florence
technique: Embroidery with gold, silver, and silk thread; split, satin, and couching stitches, or nué (shaded gold)
department: Textiles
collection: T - Ecclesiastical
type: Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 57.8 x 57.8 cm (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.)
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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.]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400
opening date: 1962-10-23T04:00:00
The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).
title: Gothic Art 1360-1440
opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00
Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages
opening date: 1985-01-22T05:00:00
Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).
title: Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection
opening date: 1989-02-14T05:00:00
Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).
title: Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church
opening date: 2003-09-07T00:00:00
Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).
title: Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2012-11-14T05:00:00
Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).
title: Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2018-12-05T05:00:00
Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (1930).', 'opening_date': '1930-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kleinkunst der italienischen Frührenaissance, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria (1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Types of Musical Instruments, The University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Fall 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1958-11-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The International Style, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (October 23-December 30, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-10-23T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallery 216 Installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-06-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Erich Lederer, Geneva, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
date: -1953
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1953-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Exhibition of Italian Art, 1200-1900. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1930.
page number: p. 433, no. 952
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Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Embroidery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 10 (1954): 211-13.
page number: p. 211-213
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141997
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 223
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n50
Detroit Institute of Arts, and Paul L. Grigaut. Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600; The Detroit Institute of Arts [Exhibition] November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959. 1958.
page number: no. 181, p. 80, 86
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Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962, / B. [Baltimore, Md.]: Walters Art Gallery, 1962.
page number: p. 150-1, no. 159, pl. CXXIV
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"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963): 174-215.
page number: p. 215, no. 104
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25151960.
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 61
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n85
Degenhart, Bernhard, Annegrit Schmitt, Hans-Joachim Eberhardt, and Susanne Wagini. Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen, 1300-1450. 1968.
page number: fig. 565a, p. 422
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 61
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n85
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 68
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n88
Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
page number: p. 20-21, 29, 58
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Sframeli, Maria. “‘Ricamato Da Mano Angelica’ : Un' Attribuzione Settecentesca Per L'incoronazione Della Vergine Di Paolo Schiavo.” Arte Cristiana / a Cura Della Scuola Beato Angelico E Dell'istituto Di Storia Dell'arte Dell'università Cattolica, Associata Al Centro D'azione Liturgica E All'unione Della Stampa Periodica Italiana N.s. 83.1995, (1995).
page number: p. 323-331
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"Current Exhibitions" Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 43 no. 10, December 2003
page number: Reproduced: p. 2
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-10/page/n1
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