panel;
painting
- Museum number
- 1995,0401.2
- Description
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Painted panel; oil and gesso on oak; a bearded figure, holding a scroll, possibly a prophet; rendered bust-length and turning to his left; no identifying inscription; pierced by eight regularly spaced pin holes 13-13.2 cm apart indicating fixing-points for patera; mounted in 19th Century gilded frame; taken from the ceiling of the painted chamber, Palace of Westminster, during repairs in 1816.
- Production date
- 1263-1266 (approx)
- Dimensions
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Length: 456 millimetres (inc.frame)
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Weight: 1.20 kilograms
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Thickness: 24 millimetres (panel)
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Width: 432 millimetres
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- Location
- On display (G40/dc10/sA)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016-2017 Sep- Jan, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Opus Anglicanum: Masterpieces of English Medieval Embroidery
1997 Jan 6-26, London, Christie's, National Art Collections Fund, 'Something for Everyone'
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Acquisition notes
- Removed from Palace of Westminster during restoration in 1816, in possession of Mr Lee until 1839. Rediscovered in Bristol, 1993.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1995,0401.2