Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child

Spain, El Burgo de Osma

Date

1460/70

Medium

Linen plain weave ground appliquéd with linen and silk plain weaves and silk velvet; embroidered with silk floss and creped threads, gilt- and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk threads, seed pearls and metal spangles

Dimensions

Retable (a): 167 × 203.5 cm (65 3/4 × 80 1/8 in.) Altar Frontal (b): 89.2 × 211.8 cm (35 1/8 × 83 3/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson