A rare tapestry depicting the Virgin Mary, known as the Virg - Lot 110

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A rare tapestry depicting the Virgin Mary, known as the Virg - Lot 110
A rare tapestry depicting the Virgin Mary, known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, wearing a golden crown, with her hair loose, dressed in blue, and holding the Baby Jesus, surrounded by sunbeams, with a crescent moon at her feet Circa 1480–1500, attributed to the Southern Netherlands, Strasbourg, or Basel H. 0.98 m – W. 1.02 m Only a few examples of this motif are known; one notable example is the antependium attributed to Strasbourg, circa 1510, from the Stuttgart Museum (Württembergisches Landesmuseum), published in the book by Anna Rapp Buri and Monica Stucky-Schürer, Zahm and Wild, *Basler und Strassburger Bildteppiche des 15. Jahrhunderts*, Verlag Philipps von Zaberer. Mainz, fig. 133, or a tapestry from the Southern Netherlands, circa 1525–1550, held in the Burrell Collection, E. Cleland and L. Karafel. *Tapestries from the Burrell Collection*. Glasgow Museums. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2017. pp. 118–556. Fragment, fairly coarse weave, typical restorations, very fresh colors, small blue and saffron side border, small support pieces on the reverse
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