1928.118.C: Orphrey Panel depicting the Visitation
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.118.C
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Orphrey Panel depicting the Visitation
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- c. 1400
- Culture
- Bohemian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215177
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk with metallic (silver and gilt) yarns filé
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 44.5 × 26.7 cm (17 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
- Accession Year
- 1928
- Object Number
- 1928.118.C
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Orphrey panel, possibly from a cope, depicting Elizabeth and Mary embracing with foetuses visible in their wombs. Embroidered on pieced silk cut crimson velvet on a plain weave linen support.
Publication History
- Juliette Calvarin, "Ornamenta Sacerdotum: Marian Chasubles for Priestly Bodies in Pre-Hussite Prague" (Harvard University, 2021), Unpublished, pp. 214-294, figs. 4.C.1 - 4.C.3
Exhibition History
- Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Springfield, 11/07/1941 - 12/14/1941
Verification Level
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