The Birth of John the Baptist

Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)

1460–80 · Or nué embroidery of silk and metal thread · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This embroidered panel, called an apparel, was part of the decoration of a priest’s dalmatic. Or nué refers to the technique of embroidering colored silk threads over metal threads.

Artist

Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)

Date

1460–80

Medium

Or nué embroidery of silk and metal thread

Culture

Italian, probably Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964