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Altarcloth

Sophia, Hadewigis, and Lucardis

Date:: second half 14th century
Culture:: German
Medium:: Linen embroidered with satin, chain, chevron, and Roumanian stitches
Dimensions:: Overall: 47 1/2 x 156 in. (120.7 x 396.2 cm) Storage (Rolled and boxed): 9 3/4 × 75 1/4 × 11 in. (24.8 × 191.1 × 27.9 cm)
Classification:: Textiles
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.87

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: [above]: S. AUGUSTINUS . S. NICOLAUS . S. PETRUS . . . NERO . PYLATUS . HERODES. [to left]: SA KATHERINE . SA ANNA . SA ELIZABETH. [on either side of kneeling monk]: H.C. [to right]: SA MARIA . GASPAR . BELTHAZAR . MLCHIOR. [below]: SOPHIA . HADEWIGIS . LUCARDIS . FACERT [facerunt] ME/ IHESU. BENIGNE . OPUS . NOSTRM [nostrum] . SIT ? [tibi] ACCEPTABILE [on halo of Christ]: P/A/X

Marking: Arms: [beneath donor at left end]: Henricus de Cronenberg.
Provenance

Prince Solms-Braunfels, Braunfels Castle, Germany; Leopold Iklé, St. Gall, Switzerland (sold 1929)
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Central Europe (including Germany), 1000–1400 A.D.

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