Ascension. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after) [painter] c. 1540-1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 18/19/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Electors of Saxony coll. (as early as 1554 until ); sold by Prince Ernst Heinrich. French & Co. purchased from Prince Ernst Heinrich, invoiced 4/19/1928; sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 6/7/1944. United States, New York, New
Ascension. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after) [painter] c. 1540-1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 18/19/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Electors of Saxony coll. (as early as 1554 until ); sold by Prince Ernst Heinrich. French & Co. purchased from Prince Ernst Heinrich, invoiced 4/19/1928; sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 6/7/1944. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; unidentified weaver mark on right guard, bottom Christ, holding banner & surrounded by radiant light, ascends into heaven while kneeling apostles look up into sky with arms raised (Mark 16:14-19) (BRD) bunches of flowers & fruit twisting around central palm tree motif rod; (LWR BRD) birds & vases in corners French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 31960-b Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I:119-126, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239328, 0239274, 0184355, 0242486; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0239272 (Munich, Residenzmuseum) & 0239273
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