Saint Martin Announcing to His Parents That He Will Become a Christian
Object type: Roundel
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Flemish
Date: 1430–35
Medium: Linen plain weave underlaid with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in split and stem stitches, laid work, and couching, including or nué
Dimensions: Diameter (above mount opening): 6 1/2 in. (16.5cm)
Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession year: 1975
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