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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1711
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Red velvet panel with two embroidered medallions
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Embroidered panel depicting the Sacrifice of Iphegenia and Discovery of Cupid
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211268

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red velvet with silk embroidery
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
49.2 × 104.1 cm (19 3/8 × 41 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1711
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Silk tent stitch embroidery depicting scenes of the sacrifice of Iphegenia?" (top) and a woman uncovering the sleeping Cupid (bottom), mounted on red cut silk velvet.

Verification Level

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