Dress for an altar figure
Altar figures, often dressed in garments made from fine textiles, were used in processions to enhance the personal, worldly relationship with the spiritual. This unaltered garment, with its charming robe à la française styling, is a good example of the form.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dress for an altar figure
- Date: third quarter 18th century
- Culture: European
- Medium: Silk, metal bobbin lace
- Dimensions: Length at CB: 13 in. (33 cm)
- Classifications: Textiles-Woven, Textiles-Ecclesiastical, Textiles-Laces
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966
- Object Number: 2009.300.2545
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Possibly after a design by Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
ca. 1683
Possibly after a design by Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
ca. 1683
Possibly after a design by Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
ca. 1683
Attributed to Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
ca. 1683
ca. 1691–94
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