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Art Object

Adoration of the Kings

Design attributed to Bernard van Orley  (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels)

Artist:
Elements of the central group are devived from Tommaso Vincidor (Tommaso di Andrea) (Italian, Bologna ca. 1517–ca. 1536 Breda (?))
Maker:
Possibly woven in the workshop directed by Pieter van Aelst the Younger (Flemish, active 1509–55)
Date:
ca. 1530–35
Culture:
Flemish, Brussels
Medium:
Wool, silk, silver, silver-gilt thread (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions:
H. 4 ft. 2 in. (1.27 m.), W. 5 ft. (1.52 m.)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.706
120007397

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