Dani Pascariu
a year ago
Great store, good prices (Netherlands)
English or Flemish Embroidery
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Kollenburg Antiquairs BV
- Name
- English or Flemish Embroidery
- Measurements
- Height: 18 cm, Depth: 39 cm
- Reference
- KOLA10078
- Techniques
- Embroidered
- Colors
- Red, Blue, Green, Pink, Gold, Beige, Brown, Yellow, Gray, White, Black
- Categories
- Furniture Case Pieces & Storage Other Case Pieces
- Materials
- wool and silk on linnen; oyster veneer frame Wool
- Styles
- Renaissance
- Periods
- 17th Century ca. 1660 Antique 17th century
- Subject
- Landscape
An embroidered representation of a reading woman in a landscape. The crucifix, goblet and skull indicate that this is Mary Magdalen. The salamander is a personification of fire; here the representation of the zeal with which she pursued the good after her repentance. The image of a meditating Mary Magdalen stems from the Legenda Aurea, a compilation of hagiographies dating from about 1264 by Jacopo de Voragine (ca. 1230- ca. 1298).
The embroidery in wool and linnen is performed in a variety of stitches, that give this work a wonderfull three-dimensional look. The colours are very well preserved and still look very intense and vibrant.
