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Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child
Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child by Spain, El Burgo de Osma, 1460-1470.
- Medium
- Linen plain weave ground appliquéd with linen and: silk plain weaves and silk velvet; embroidered with silk floss and creped threads, gilt- and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk threads, seed pearls and metal spangles
- Dimensions
- Retable (a): 167 × 203.5 cm (65 3/4 × 80 1/8 in.) Altar Frontal (b): 89.2 × 211.8 cm (35 1/8 × 83 3/8 in.)
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Accession number
- 1927.1779a-b
This artwork is identified as public domain by the Art Institute of Chicago and is provided through its open-access program under CC0.
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