Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
Object type: Antependium
Department: The Cloisters
Culture: Upper Rhenish
Date: ca. 1500
Medium: Linen warp; wool, linen, silk, silver, and gilt wefts;  wool pile yarns
Dimensions: 41 x 138 in.  (104.1 x 350.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Geography: Made in Strasbourg  Alsace present-day France  
Credit line: Gift of Charles F. Iklé, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Angels|Christ|Virgin Mary|Annunciation|Archangel Gabriel|Coronation of the Virgin|Nativity|Visitation