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Band with Parade of Human Figures, Stags, and Other Fantastic Animals
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About this work
Animals viewed in profile, some with their legs raised, indicate movement, such as a parade or procession. However, the human figures are shown frontally. Linear elements protruding from their backs and hands held out and open suggest the figures may be angels modeling a gesture of prayer.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBand with Parade of Human Figures, Stags, and Other Fantastic Animals, 1500s-1600s. Italy, Sicily ?, 1500s-1600s. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 16.2 x 210.1 cm (6 3/8 x 82 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1920.1271
