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Massacre of the Innocents | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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Massacre of the Innocents

Massacre of the Innocents

Textile ArtsItalian17th-18th century

Massacre of the Innocents

c. 1700

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Embroidered upholstery fragment depicting the Massacre of the Innocents. Finely worked in tent stitch. Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) on wool (two-ply woolen) and silk (multi-ply).

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Embroidery

Medium

Linen canvas (z spun, single ply, even weave) with wool (two-ply woolen) & silk

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

42.55 x 60.96 cm (16 3/4 x 24 in.)

Provenance

Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, Bequest to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1930. This upholstery was removed from a deaccessioned chair from the Naumburg bequest in 1991.

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