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The Ascension

1540–45
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Ascension
  • Designer: Michiel Coxie (I) (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499–1592 Mechelen) , prob.
  • Maker: Woven by Unknown
  • Artist: Related to Ascension tapestry, Vatican Scuola nuova set by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
  • Artist: Related to Small Passion woodcut probably by Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
  • Date: 1540–45
  • Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
  • Medium: Wool, silk, silver-gilt, silver thread (18-19 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: H. 120 x W. 115 inches (304.8 x 292.1 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.63.5
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Armet, Guillem Margot Flemish, Steel, copper alloy, South Netherlandish, Brussels
Armet
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The Last Supper, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread.
The Last Supper
Designed by Bernard van Orley
Probably woven by Pieter de Pannemaker
ca. 1525–28
Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel, Michiel Coxie (I) Netherlandish, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, by the artist; incised for transfer; verso covered with red chalk for transfer
Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel
Michiel Coxie (I)
ca. 1576
The Nativity Polyptych, Rogier van der Weyden Netherlandish, Oil on oak, Netherlandish
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ca. 1450–60

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