Augustus I of Saxony (1526–1586)
Seger Bombeck
1550 · Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (18-20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Tapestry portraits are rare. This one has the name and age of the sitter, his coat of arms, the date, and the initials of the weaver, S. B. (in lower right corner).
- Artist
- Seger Bombeck
- Date
- 1550
- Medium
- Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (18-20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
- Culture
- German, Leipzig
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
