Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (“Noli me tangere”)
1485/1500
Medium
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit tapestry weave with some 2 : 2 interlacing in alternate alignment of some gilt metal strip-wrapped silk wefts Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 38 to 76 wefts per cm; wool: single Z-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.5 mm; silk: pairs of Z-twisted elements; three yarns of Z-twisted elements; four yarns of S-twisted elements; S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; Z-ply of three S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.5 mm; gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk: gilt-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on an S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.3–0.35 mm
Dimensions
111.2 × 111.5 cm (43 3/4 × 43 7/8 in.)
Classification
weaving - tapestry
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
25960
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...