Crucifixion: textile fragment
late 14th century
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniqueLinen and cotton plain weave embroidered with silk and gilded-silver cotton yarns
Dimensions42 x 28.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number43.131
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ProvenanceBy 1900, Leopold Iklé (b. 1838 - d. 1922), St. Gallen, Switzerland; 1922, to his son, Fritz Iklé (b. 1877 - d. 1946), St. Gallen; sold from the Iklé collection to Adolph Loewi (d. 1977), Venice and Los Angeles; 1943, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $3000. (Accession Date: May 13, 1943)
early 18th century
19th century
1850–1900
1850–1900
early 17th century
4th–5th century
17th century
Late 16th century
18th century