Back of a chasuble Back of a chasuble
15th/16th century
The National Museum in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
The back of this chasuble is decorated with a orphrey cross depicting the Tree of Jesse with the figures of Joachim and Anne, the Virgin Mary, crucified Christ and God the Father. During conservation, a fragment of the face of one of the figures was reconstructed: the missing piece of parchment responsible for the protrusion of the nose.
The back of this chasuble is decorated with a orphrey cross depicting the Tree of Jesse with the figures of Joachim and Anne, the Virgin Mary, crucified Christ and God the Father. During conservation, a fragment of the face of one of the figures was reconstructed: the missing piece of parchment responsible for the protrusion of the nose.
- Title: Back of a chasuble Back of a chasuble
- Date Created: 15th/16th century, 15th/16th century
- Location Created: Italy (fabric), Poland (embroidery),, Italy (fabric), Poland (embroidery),
- Medium: cloth of gold embroidered with silk and Cypriot thread, cloth of gold embroidered with silk and Cypriot thread
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