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Virgin and Child with Four Saints

c. 1500

Germany or Switzerland, Upper Rhine

Medium
tapestry weave: linen warp, wool and silk wefts
Measurements
Overall: 78.7 x 154.9 cm (31 x 61 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.162
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Description

Mary and Jesus are seen in front of a wall in a garden that alludes to the Garden of Paradise. They are depicted between four saints: Saint Catherine,
John the Evangelist, Jodocus, and Mary Magdalene. The saints wear costumes fashionable around 1475 to 1480. The hanging is said to come from the parish church in St. Lawrence in Nuremberg, Franconia, Bavaria, one of the most important in the commercial city. The appearance of Jodocus may indicate that the
textile may have been donated by a wealthy citizen of the same name.
A horizontally oriented tapestry depicts five women with light skin tones wearing red, blue, and green garments that enwrap them in layered folds. Central, a crowned woman in blue holds a child about a third her size. To our left, women hold a sword and chalice; to our right, others hold a crown on a book and a jar. They stand in a garden before a low wall, fruit trees, and distant castles.

Virgin and Child with Four Saints

c. 1500

Germany or Switzerland, Upper Rhine

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