About this artwork
With its focus on the infant Christ squeezing grapes to make the Eucharistic wine, this small tapestry probably decorated a private oratory. The outer border of flowers and fruit is a later addition and is less finely woven than the holy figures and the inner border of a single pansy and rosebud.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- The Holy Family with the Infant Christ Pressing the Wine of the Eucharist
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Place
- Belgium (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1485–1525
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Medium
- Linen, wool, silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave
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Dimensions
- 75.6 × 68.2 cm (29 3/4 × 26 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson
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Reference Number
- 1937.1097
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/25958/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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