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Baldachin
A baldachin, or baldaquin, is a canopy of state over an altar or throne. It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent architectural feature, particularly over high altars in cathedrals, where such a structure is more correctly called a ciborium when it is sufficiently architectural in form. A cloth of honour is a simpler cloth hanging vertically behind the throne, which may be combined with a canopy. "Baldachin" was originally a luxurious type of cloth from Bagdad, from which name the word is derived, in English as "baudekin" and other spellings. Matthew Paris records that Henry III of England wore a robe "de preciosissimo baldekino" at a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in 1247. The word for the cloth became the word for the ceremonial canopies made from the cloth. In the Middle Ages, a hieratic canopy of state or cloth of state was hung over the seat of a personage of sufficient standing, as a symbol of authority. The seat under such a canopy of state would normally be raised on a dais. Emperors and kings, reigning dukes and bishops were accorded this honour. In a 15th-century manuscript illumination the sovereign Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller in Rhodes sits in state to receive a presentation copy of the author's book. His seat is raised on a carpet-covered dais and backed with a richly embroidered dosser (French, "dos"). Under his feet is a cushion, such as protected the feet of the King of France when he presided at a lit de justice. The King of France was also covered by a mobile canopy during his Coronation, held up on poles by several Peers of France. Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII was a personage of such importance that in her portrait by an anonymous artist, c. 1500 she prays under a canopy of estate; one can see the dosser against the gilded leather wall-covering and the tester above her head (the Tudor rose at its center) supported on cords from the ceiling. The coats-of-arms woven into the tapestry are of England (parted as usual with France) and the portcullis badge of the Beauforts. In the summer of 1520, a meeting was staged between Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England, where the ostentatious display of wealth and power earned the meeting-place the name of The Field of Cloth of Gold. The canopy of estate may still be seen in some formal throne rooms.
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Scènes de la vie de saint François d'Assise et de saint A...
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- Anthony of Padua
- Baldachin
- Bed
- Chalice
- Crucifix
- Francis of Assisi
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- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Les médecins, V, 12
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Baldaquin du pape (Partie supérieure, à la chapelle Sixti...
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- Drawing
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Baldaquin et trône du pape
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- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Baldaquin du pape, autel (et détail de la chapelle Sixtine)
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- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Trône du pape (enveloppé d'une housse) et divers détails ...
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- Drawing
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Statue de Saint-Pierre au Vatican (Un religieux lui baise...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Baldachin
- Rome
- Saint Peter
- Statue
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
Naissance de S.A.R Mgr le Duc de Bordeaux
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- Baldachin
- Bed
- Birth
- Charles X of France
- Dukes of Berry
- Henri, Count of Chambord
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Marie de Médicis à genoux devant un crucifix (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- History
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- Portrayed subject:
- Baldachin
- Crown (headgear)
- Crucifix
- Dog
- Marie de' Medici
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Christine de France
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- Field(s):
- History
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- Portrayed subject:
- Baldachin
- Christine of France
- Fleur-de-lis
- Portrait
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Plusieurs personnages (Assis sous un baldaquin)
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Baldachin
- List of heads of state of Spain
- Throne
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Martyre de sainte Julienne de Nicomédie
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Architecture
- Baldachin
- Fire
- Ruins
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- School of Fontainebleau
Histoire de Psyché (24) : Vénus punit son fils Cupidon
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- Field(s):
- Architecture
- Decorative arts
- Stained glass
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- Portrayed subject:
- Baldachin
- Bed
- Bedroom
- Ceres (mythology)
- Cupid
- Juno (mythology)
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