Velvet Gothic Cope

c. 1400/1499

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    velvet: dyed silk warp and weft; trim: dyed silk, spun silver and silver-gilt yarn, silver tinsel; lining: dyed silk warp and weft

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 124.5 x 259.3 cm (49 x 102 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.472

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Giuseppe Salvadori, Florence); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 10 July 1922 by funds of Joseph E. Widener; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 20.

Wikidata ID

Q62268462

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