Powhatan's Mantle All Eastern Art Images A709 is preparatory for the

A709 is preparatory for the Madonna del Rosario painted between 1588 and 1591 for the Confraternity of the Assumption and the Rosary at Senigallia (now in the Palazzo Vescovile)

smaller and more refined than many

The prayer of the Rosary is traditionally said to have been instituted by St Dominic (1170-1221)

while this painting could have been made for a different patron

Powhatan's Mantle All Eastern Art Images A709 is preparatory for theDecorated leather tent hanging made from four white tailed deer hides sewn together with sinew thread. The shell beadwork decoration consists of a central standing human figure flanked by two upright quadrupeds and surrounded by 34 discs.