{"id":10908,"date":"2021-07-26T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/?page_id=10908"},"modified":"2022-12-26T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:53:22","slug":"fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/en\/virtual-gallery\/fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum | Virtual Gallery | Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585328491180{padding-bottom: 30vh !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/oeuvres_header_1050x300.jpg?id=7266) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ra_button_69ec447ca8504 i{color:#000000;}.ra_button_69ec447ca8504{border-color: !important;color:#000000 !important;}.ra_button_69ec447ca8504:focus,.ra_button_69ec447ca8504:hover{color:#000000 !important;}<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/en\/virtual-gallery\/\" title=\"Virtual Gallery\" class=\"btn btn-naked border-thin fix-v-align text-uppercase ra_button_69ec447ca8504 icon-left\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t<i class=\"typcn typcn-arrow-left\"><\/i>Back to the Virtual Gallery\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579545656906{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 10vh !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Fine Arts&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:50|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587577904759{padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Established and future artists are welcome here!\r\n<\/strong>\r\nThe Ursulines made a significant contribution to the development of the arts. They encouraged painters, sculptors and silversmiths by commissioning numerous works. They also produced unquestionably high-quality painted, embroidered and gilded works themselves in the monastery workshops.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In addition, they offered quality artistic education in their schools, allowing their students to fully develop their talents. Today the Ursulines\u2019 art collections are among the most valuable in Canada.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;13240&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672071938602{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>Altar frontal embroidered with beads<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672073562619{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672073555103{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Wool, silk, linen and glass beads (?)\r\nUrsuline workshop in Quebec City\r\n1700\u20131750\r\n88.60 x 172 cm\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This large piece of embroidered cloth is an altar frontal, also called an antependium. This Latin term means \u201cto hang before,\u201d referring to the way in which it is used. Altar frontals are placed on the front of altar tables to cover or decorate them during religious ceremonies. They can be painted or embroidered, as is the case here.\r\nThe Ursulines in Quebec City are recognized for the quality of their embroidery, and the monastery in Quebec City has collections that are home to unique pieces reflecting the nuns\u2019 exceptional expertise. Marie of the Incarnation, founder of the Ursulines in Quebec City, was a talented embroiderer herself and is said to have introduced the art of embroidery to New France. For several centuries, this art was taught to French, English and First Nations girls. It is conceivable that some of the Ursulines\u2019 students may have created this altar frontal.\r\nThe exceptional patterns and technique used for this altar frontal may have drawn upon the beading expertise of the First Nations peoples. Although this embroidered antependium is a European reinterpretation of this traditional technique, it highlights the Ursulines\u2019 openness to the Other.\r\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;13216,13218&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672073595675{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>Mother Marie of the Incarnation <\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672071998659{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672073581048{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Charcoal on paper\r\nMarc-Aur\u00e8le de Foy Suzor-Cot\u00e9\r\n1920\r\n48 x 31 cm\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have heard of Marc-Aur\u00e8le de Foy Suzor-Cot\u00e9. The works of this Quebecois painter, born in Arthabaska, have earned a place in the collections of some of Canada\u2019s largest museums. The preparatory drawings in these collections help us understand the artistic approach behind his works. Several of the sketches, such as this one, point to the use of a process called squaring.\r\nSquaring is a technique used by painters to facilitate the transition from a drawing to a final painting. The artist makes perpendicular horizontal and vertical lines on the drawing to form equal squares. Then the artist draws the same number of lines on the new medium. Each square is carefully copied by referring to the model. This division into small sections helps maintain the original proportions.\r\nWe know that this drawing was intended to become a painting, although we do not have the finished painting. Some doubt still hangs over the identity of the nun in the sketch. Although it was long considered to be a depiction of Marie of the Incarnation, there remains a possibility that it is another nun wearing the official habit. Some doubt also lingers over the Ursulines\u2019 acquisition of this drawing for their collections. The drawing may have been a gift from a nun, possibly a close relative of Suzor-Cot\u00e9\u2019s wife. However, recent research indicates that the relationship might be more distant than that. Even works made more than a century ago can still conceal their secrets!\r\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;8933&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622661363910{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>Christ Preaching<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310614737{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310974250{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Oil on canvas\r\nPhilippe de Champaigne\r\nBefore 1674\r\n219 x 152 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one of the paintings collected by Abbot Philippe-Jean-Louis Desjardins in France in the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. Artist Philippe de Champaigne painted this work for Queen Marie de Medicis. The official French court painter, Champaigne is recognized as one of the great masters of classicism.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;8930&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622661462173{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>The First Monastery<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310662211{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627311066220{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Oil on canvas\r\nJoseph L\u00e9gar\u00e9\r\n1840\r\n63 x 83 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To celebrate the 200<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anniversary of the construction of their house, the Ursulines asked painter Joseph L\u00e9gar\u00e9 to illustrate the convent, erected in 1642. An explanatory caption identifies the various parts of the building as well as the people depicted in the work.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;8924&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622661505007{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>The Corpus Christi Procession<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310680967{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627311116821{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Oil on canvas\r\nLouis-Hubert Triaud\r\nCirca 1824\r\n75 x 107 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This painting is attributed to Louis-Hubert Triaud, a French painter who gave painting lessons at the Ursuline School in Quebec City. This is his most famous work, which depicts the procession passing near the Notre-Dame Market. On the left is the old Jesuit College, demolished in 1879.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;8932&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622661541953{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>The Holy Family<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310695366{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627311147400{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Oil on canvas\r\nAnonymous\r\nCirca 1690\r\n132 x 151 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per the bishop\u2019s instructions, this painting was hung in the bell tower of the Notre-Dame de Qu\u00e9bec Cathedral-Basilica to protect the city from Walker\u2019s fleet in 1711. Whether it was fate or proof of divine intervention, Quebec City was spared! The work was later returned to the Ursulines, who rehung it in their chapel.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;11065&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622661695039{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>Madame Davanne as Saint Ursula<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310709527{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627311196955{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Oil on canvas<\/strong>\r\n<strong>Anonymous<\/strong>\r\n<strong>18<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong>\r\n<strong>66 x 52 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This French painting was given by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marguerite Davanne (born Germain) to her daughter Marguerite (Sister Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, 1719\u20131802) when she entered the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec City in 1737. After the nun\u2019s death, overpaints were added to the portrait so that it depicted Saint Ursula, patron saint of the Ursulines.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;11071,11075&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1622662684355{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Burnisher&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627309816531{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310751843{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Wood, cotton and ivory (tooth)\r\nArtisan made\r\nBefore 1828\r\n1 x 15 x 0.25 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the only artisans to gild pieces in New France, the Ursulines quickly gained a reputation as expert gilders outside the cloister walls. They undertook gilding projects for different churches in the province of Quebec.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasingly consumed by their teaching obligations, the nuns closed their gilding workshop in 1828. However, they kept the tools they used in the workshop, including this beautiful burnisher, a tool made of a mounted mammal tooth that is used to burnish (polish) gold to smooth its surface and give it a brilliant shine.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;11149,11079&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623702343564{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Flying angels&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627309826836{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310791919{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Wood, gold and pigments\r\nArtisan made\r\n17<sup>th<\/sup> century\r\n27 x 44 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shown in flight with wings outstretched and arms extended, these sculpted angels once decorated what used to be the main tabernacle in the Ursulines\u2019 first chapel. The presence of angels in the Ursulines\u2019 lives illustrates the importance placed on the devotion to angels in New France, also echoing a popular trend in Europe at the time.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although they form a pair, the two sculptures are not identical\u2014the artist gave each angel its own facial traits, a different drape of the robes and different positions for the arms and legs.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;11214,11083,11085&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623803531932{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;<em>Our Lady of Lorette<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310555160{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310847083{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Wood, pigments, silk and gold-thread lace\r\nArtisan made\r\n17<sup>th<\/sup> century\r\n62 x 19 cm <\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This depiction of the Virgin Mary brings to mind Loreto, an Italian shrine famous for housing the Santa Casa, a representation of the place where, according to Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary is said to have received the Annunciation from the archangel Gabriel.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The popularity of this depiction of the Virgin Mary in New France can be credited to Jesuit Father Pierre Chaumont, founder of the Huron-Wendat mission in Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1674.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body of this handcrafted work is made of squared poplar wood. The faces and arms (the only visible body parts) are sculpted and painted.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statuette has six robes embroidered entirely by the Ursulines.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A photograph of the 20<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century shows the statuette on display in the Saint Augustine Oratory of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec City, attesting to the Ursulines\u2019 unwavering devotion.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;11552,11554&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627585399994{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Altar cloth, known as <em>The Nativity<\/em>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:25|text_align:left|color:%23a18526&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310598773{margin-bottom: 13px !important;padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627310924624{padding-right: 2vh !important;padding-left: 2vh !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Silk, wool, gold, silver and tempera\r\nUrsulines\u2019 workshop\r\nBetween 1650 and 1700\r\n95 x 261 x 6 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ornament epitomizes the Ursulines\u2019 talent for embroidery. The medallion is surrounded by a richly ornate design consisting of foliage, arabesques and scrolls embroidered with metallic thread, from which spring naturalistic flowers\u2014roses, peonies, lilies, irises, carnations, tulips and columbines\u2014\u201cpainted on\u201d with a needle using wool and silk thread.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sumptuous embellishments are accentuated by motifs embroidered in high relief, such as the frame around the medallion and the cornucopias filled with fruit like pomegranates, grapes, strawberries, pears and apples. 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Kemp Co., England\r\nCirca 1934\r\n11 x 9 cm<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each page of this booklet contains a sheet of 24-carat gold, which was produced by a complex process. The leaves had to be laminated one at a time, then hammered by hand by a specialist called a goldbeater. 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