18th century, silk and metallic thread on silk background with hand painted hands and faces, each approx. 19-7/8 x 14-1/2 in.; unframed
Provenance: Elizabeth Beasley Alexander of New York, NY; 1929, inherited from Elizabeth Beasley Alexander by Elizabeth A. Alexander, Henry Martyn Alexander, and Frederick Beasley Alexander; 1929, gift of Elizabeth A. Alexander, Henry Martyn Alexander, and Frederick Beasley Alexander to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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Elizabeth Beasley Alexander of New York, NY; 1929, inherited from Elizabeth Beasley Alexander by Elizabeth A. Alexander, Henry Martyn Alexander, and Frederick Beasley Alexander; 1929, gift of Elizabeth A. Alexander, Henry Martyn Alexander, and Frederick Beasley Alexander to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
some tears, notably to hands and faces, tears, fraying, and loss to backing and edges; one panel with notable tears and losses to angel, tear to bottom right corner
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