About the Artwork
Processional Banner
16th century
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Greek
Unknown
Embroidery, silk and metallic thread on silk satin
Overall: 45 × 22 1/4 inches (114.3 × 56.5 cm) Image: 21 1/4 × 18 3/4 inches (54 × 47.6 cm)
Flags and Banners
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Schlotman
25.209
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, identifing Christ, Saint John, and Mary, as "most holy mother of God."
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Schlotman (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
1925-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Weibel, A. C. "A Byzantine Banner," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 2 (1927): pp. 22-23.
Barnet, P. Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Insitute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1991, no. 7, p. 20.
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Greek, Processional Banner, 16th century, embroidery, silk and metallic thread on silk satin. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Schlotman, 25.209.
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