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About the Artwork

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1546

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Swiss

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Embroidery: linen on linen plain weave

Overall: 68 3/4 × 62 1/4 inches (174.6 × 158.1 cm)

Embroidery

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

24.70

Public Domain

Markings

Inscribed, around the Lamb of God: 1546 DAS IST DAS LAM GOTTES WELCHES HINMIT DIE SIND DER WELT [translated: This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world]

Provenance

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller (New York, New York, USA);
1924-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Valentiner, W. "Embroidered Altar Cover," Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 3 (1924): p. 28.

Barnet, P. Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1991, no. 19, p. 34.

Textile Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA, checklist no. 25.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Swiss, Altar Cover, 1546, embroidery: linen on linen plain weave. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 24.70.

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