Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2008–June 2009
Needlework
about 1790
Overall: 39.4 x 33 cm (15 1/2 x 13 in.)
Silk satin weave; silk couching; silk embroidery
Classification: Textiles
Culture: English
Object Place: England
Accession number: 2008.1474
Description: Depiction from the Italian poem "Jerusalem Delivered," a woman dressed as a shepardess, likely the Princess Erminia of Antioch, in classical costume holding a staff and standing beside two sleeping sheep carving the name of her lover TANCRED into a tree.
Provenance/Ownership History: Before 2008, with donor; gift to the MFA (December 17, 2008).
Anonymous gift