1476 / 1500, Flanders

1476 / 1500, Flanders

Identifier
29.1046
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Collection Lord Sackville, Knole, Kent. The tapestry hung in the Chapel (Sackville-West, 1906, color Pl. opp 54.) According to family tradition, the tapestry was brought to Knole either by Archbishop Warham, between 1503 and 1532, or by his successor, Archbishop Cranmer, who built the chapel where it hung. Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, in memory of his son, Walter Cabot Paine, October 3, 1929. / Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, in memory of his son, Walter Cabot Paine
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
417.2 cm (height)
901.7 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

The tapestry shows six scenes from the Passion of Christ. The iconography is based on accounts in the Gospels, with variations and additions taken from mystery plays. The scenes are: Christ before Pilate, Christ before Herod, Christ returns to Pilate, the Flagellation,and Christ crowned with thorns. Predominant colors: reds, blues, greens, purples (faded), yellows, cream, brown and black. Most of the blacks have rotted away and been replaced with dark browns. Some restorations, chiefly along bottom edge which was torn.