Based on a fresco by Andrea del Sarto
Italian, 1486–1530
Italy

Chasuble with Medallion Depicting John the Baptist, Late 16th/early 17th century

Linen, plain weave underlaid with silk, plain weave with insert medallion of silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and linen in satin, split and stem stitches; couching and French knots; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with patterning wefts and complementary weft weave tapes; lined with silk, plain weave
109.5 x 73.3 cm (43 1/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1971.313

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments," November 15, 1975–January 18, 1976

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection," July 27–October 9, 1983

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection,"
February 17–May 2, 1993

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment Collection," September 11, 1996–January 12, 1997

Publication History

Isle Hecht. "An Embroidery after a Fresco by Andrea del Sarto," Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago. Vol. LXIX, no. 5 (September–October 1975).

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975).

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 44-45, 50, 144.