One of the Three Magi on a Millefleurs Ground

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One of the Three Magi on a Millefleurs Ground

Flanders; or FranceLinkedCulture matchlcp-025df255a5dd

Date
early 16th century
Medium
Wool, silk, tapestry weave
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
732

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The figure in this tapestry is likely one of the three kings who brought gifts to Jesus on the occasion of his birth. He has removed his crown out of respect and holds an elaborate covered chalice, intended as a gift. This figure is a fragment from a larger tapestry and has been joined with another partial tapestry produced around the same time and featuring a variety of flowering plants. The fashion for such millefleurs--meaning a thousand flowers--tapestries emerged in Europe around 1450 and remained popular into the early decades of the 1500s. Belgium, France

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Bequest of William E. Goodfellow

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