Sujet
Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ, c. 1500. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ, c. 1500. Pictorial tapestries were symbols of wealth and more highly prized than paintings. Small tapestries with Christian imagery were frequently commissioned to decorate the front of altars. This example displays the Massacre of the Innocents, the Flight into Egypt, and Christ among the Doctors. The crowding of figures and continuous foreground flowers are characteristic of Franco-Flemish tapestries woven around 1500. Tapestry weave is ideal for creating narrative scenes. The weavers copied life-size pictures, or cartoons, sideways so that the warp would run across the width, which facilitated weaving wall-size tapestries.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F69_183
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
27,0Mo (2,4Mo) / 38,7cm x 17,5cm / 4569 x 2064 (300dpi)