Important Shroud of Besançon Polychrome embroidery, painting and printing on silk presenting the rare iconography not of the ecclesiastical classics but of the Virgin Mary, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Salome and Mary of Cleophas. France, 18th century H. 35 cm - W. 50.5 cm In a Regency period frame, damaged Reference: "Aux fils du temps, tableaux en broderie aux XVIIème, XVIIIème et XIXème siècles", Chantal and Dominique Dekester, 2008, page 95