Virgin and Child with Four Saints
Unknown Artist
c. 1500
Medium
tapestry weave: linen warp, wool and silk wefts
Dimensions
78.7 × 154.9 cm
Classification
Tapestry
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
Accession Number
1939.162
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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...