Pentecost from a set of The Passion
Medium
Wool, silk, metal thread (20 warp threads per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions
39 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (100.3 x 75.6 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
German, Alsace, possibly Strasbourg
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911
Accession Number
11.148.2
Tags
About the Artist
Hans Schäufelein|Ulrich Pinder|Unidentified Weaver's Mark|Unidentified Weaver's Mark · 1480–1540
Hans Schäufelein (c. 1480–c. 1540) was a German painter and graphic artist of the Northern Renaissance whose career placed him at the heart of one of the most dynamic artistic environments in European history. As a young man, he entered the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg, an experience that proved decisive: Dürer's meticulous approach to draughtsmanship, his mastery of printmaking, and hi...