id:			149376
accession number:	1978.36
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.36
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:42.584000

Scenes of the Life of the Virgin, from an Altar Frontal, 1330s or 1340s. Italy, Florence, 14th century. Silk, gold thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, running, fishbone, and couching stitches; overall: 16.8 x 127 cm (6 5/8 x 50 in.); mounted: 27.9 x 137.2 cm (11 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1978.36

title:				Scenes of the Life of the Virgin, from an Altar Frontal
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creation date:			1330s or 1340s
creation date earliest:		1330
creation date latest:		1349
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 14th century
technique:	Silk, gold thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, running, fishbone, and couching stitches
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 16.8 x 127 cm (6 5/8 x 50 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 137.2 cm (11 x 54 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

	title:		Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages
	opening date:   1985-01-22T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 22-March 17, 1985).

	title:		Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church
	opening date:   2003-09-07T00:00:00
	<i>Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).

	title:		Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2014-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015).

	title:		Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2020-12-19T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert von Hirsch, Basel; The Robert von Hirsch Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 22, 1978, lot 266.
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Six Works from Von Hirsch Collection,” August 1, 1978, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2569

	Wardwell, Anne E. "A Rare Florentine Embroidery of the Fourteenth Century." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 9 (1979): 322-33.
	page number: 	p. 322-33
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159650

	Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. 1980. “Recent Major Acquisitions of Medieval Art by American Museums.” <em>Gesta</em> 19 (1): 67–77.
	page number: 	p. 75, fig. 27
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	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. 22-23, 58
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