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Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores

Bernard van Orley, 1525-1532

Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores by Bernard van Orley
Prudentia (Prudence) from Los Honores by Bernard van Orley, 5.67 m × 4.67 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

5.67 m × 4.67 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.3 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 4.67 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
4.67 m
Width
5.67 m
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.
Kind
Textile
Made in
Flanders
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
567.1 × 466.9 cm (223 1/4 × 183 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 4.67 m × 5.67 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit
Gift of Col. C. Michael Paul

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
5.67 m × 4.67 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1525-1532. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Col. C. Michael Paul.
How was it made?
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., made in Flanders.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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Hangs well beside

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.