Allegorical Tapestry with Sages of the Past; ca. 1480-1500; Made in Middle Rhineland; Germany; German; Linen warp; wool; metal-wrapped threads and wool pile; a: 54 1/2 x 84 1/2 in. (138.4 x 214.6 cm); Textiles-Tapestries; The subject matter of this unusually large wall hanging is exceptional and known in only two other fragments; one of which survives in Berlin and was based on the same designs as The Cloisters example