Tapestry: Coat of arms of a Knight of St. James of Compostela (possibly from a series of hangings showing the same subject)

Last quarter of 17th or first quarter of 18th century

Object PlaceBrussels, Flanders

Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)

Dimensions311 x 252 cm (122 7/16 x 99 3/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Strafford Morss, in memory of his late wife Gabrielle Ladd Morss

Accession number1974.586

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

InscriptionsLower guard band only : may not be original, has Brussels mark and initials ‘'A.A.''

ProvenanceBy 1968, Strafford Morss, Manchester, MA; 1974, gift of Strafford Morss to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1975)

Albert Auwercx

Last quarter of the 17th century or the first quarter of the 18th century A.D.

3rd-4th century AD

400-550

Andien de Clermont

First half of the 18th century

Francesco Albani

First half of the 18th century A.D. 1700–50

First quarter of the 16th century

Albrecht Dürer

First quarter of the 16th century

Second half of the 16th century

Second half of the 16th century or first quarter of the 17th century

1675–1725

about 1535

Maximilien de Haese

about 1771–75