Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba Before King Solomon
c. 1660
Medium
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, creped silk yarns, linen yarns, silvered-metal wire, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and silvered-metal strips, wire and coils in back, bullion, Ceylon, overcast, oblique Gobelin, plaited braid, satin, split, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and Turk's head knots with bullion picots; embellished with metal coils and paillettes; beaded with seed pearls, and glass and coral beads; applied braid of hammered gilt metal
Dimensions
43.4 × 59 cm (17 × 23 1/4 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
70060
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...