Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child
1500s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This banner is quartered or broken into four parts. Two sections contain embroidered images of the Virgin and Child. The other two are devoted to the royal arms of Spain. On the arms are representations of the kingdoms of Spain in the 1500s. A three towered-castle represents the Kingdom of Castille; the rearing lion is a symbol for the Kingdom of León; two eagles stand for the Kingdom of Sicily; and at the bottom is the pomegranate for Granada. Below this appear a yoke and a bundle of arrows which have been seen on Spain's coat of arms since the union of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
Details
- Title: Banner with a Quartered Royal Arms of Spain and the Madonna and Child
- Date Created: 1500s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 109.2 x 138.4 cm (43 x 54 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Bashford Dean (1867-1928), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Velvet
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1885
- Medium: red and dark brown velvet, embroidered; fringe
- Fun Fact: This banner was hanging in the armor court when it first opened in 1916.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Spain, 16th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
- Accession Number: 1916.1885
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