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Title

Cope

Generic classification
Textiles
Object
Chasuble
Date
ca. 1438
Century
15th c.
Cultural context / style
Medievo
Dimensions
56 1/2 x 112 in.
Material
Metallic threads, Silk
Technique
Embroidery, Woven
Iconography / Theme
Piedad, Salvator Mundi, Santos
Provenance
Burgos Cathedral (Burgos, Spain)
Current location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States)
Inventory Number in Current Collection
53.22a, b
Object history

The antiquities dealer Raimundo Ruiz had to acquire this Burgos Cathedral cope and offered it to the international antiquities firm Brummer Gallery in 1935, reserving the option to purchase it for Brummer. Ruiz pointed out in his letter to Brummer that it was a pluvial cope: "14th or 15th century blue cope, decorated with gold gallon. Has hood embroidered with the Virgin and Christ, and border embroidered with nine saints", "for the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars". Brummer acquired it on 25 May 1936. It was subsequently sold by the antique dealer in 1946.

According to information provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it then passed into the hands of Paula Koenigsberg until it was sold in 1953, at which point it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
Citation:

María José Martínez Ruiz, "Cope" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/131

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