File:Clevelandart 1953.129.jpg
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Summary
| Embroidered Tondo from an Altar Frontal: The Coronation of the Virgin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title |
Embroidered Tondo from an Altar Frontal: The Coronation of the Virgin |
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| Object type | embroidery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
This exquisite embroidered scene of the Coronation of the Virgin features extravagant quantities of gold thread-in the haloes, clothing, background, and circular border with three-dimensional padded areas. Gold thread is also partially covered by at least 20 shades of silk thread so that varying amounts of gold radiate, according to the design, in an exemplary technique called or nué, or shaded gold. The figures were embroidered separately and then sewed on the ground. Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by Saints Verdiana and John Gualberto, and six angels playing musical instruments. In Florence, renowned for embroidery, painters usually sketched designs which professionals embroidered, most of whom were men by the 1400s. This design is attributed to the Florentine painter Paolo Schiavo. |
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| Date | 1459 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
Embroidery with gold, silver, and silk thread; split, satin, and couching stitches, or nué (shaded gold) |
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| Dimensions | Overall: 57.8 x 57.8 cm (22 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Textiles |
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| Accession number |
1953.129 |
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| Place of creation | Italy, Florence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 07:22, 21 January 2019 | 3,351 × 3,400 (9.63 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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