Cope Hood depicting the Coronation of the Virgin

Artists

Description

Cope hood embroidered in silk polychrome (blue, burgundy and burnt yellow) and metallic threads with scene of the Coronation of the Virgin; the Virgin is being crowned by two angels with St. John the Evangelist or St. Matthew kneeling below. The later backing is of green silk damask and there is a braided border with a fringe. The piece has been patched.

Dimensions

47 × 48 cm (18 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.