Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores
Bernard van Orley
1525–1532
- Medium
- Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 7–8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (maybe replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm. Right half of piece was rewoven.
- Dimensions
- 567.1 × 466.9 cm (223 1/4 × 183 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- weaving - tapestry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
weaving - tapestryTextile
