St. Paul preaching in Ephesus. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Raes, Jan I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 370 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom After Paul preaches to group of pagan priests,
St. Paul preaching in Ephesus. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Raes, Jan I (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1620 Tapestry Dimensions: H 370 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom After Paul preaches to group of pagan priests, several convert & publically burn their books in bonfire (Acts 19:18-19); pagan temples in background (BRD) 2 ribbons interlaced around central rod interspersed with bunches of grapes & vine leaves; floral cartouches in each side & each corner The composition of this scene is in reverse to GCPA 0238472 (Dimitrova). This series of the "Acts of Apostles" is based on the cartoons by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (the Younger) for the "Life of St. Paul" series. The Madrid series combines scenes from Aelst's "Life of St. Paul" series with the traditional Raphael group of the "Acts of Apostles" (Campbell). This is 1 of 12 extant panels within this set. In the Photo Study Collection, no. 6 "Conversion of Saul/Paul" is not represented. The first series (at the Vatican, called "Scuola Vecchia") was commissioned from Raphael for Pope Leo X in 1515 to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (Dimitrova). The original cartoons designed by Raphael for the Vatican's "Acts of Apostles" set are currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) (Dimitrova). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. 2 (1986), 62-74, series 48, no. 10 New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 187-203 Fermor, Raphael Tapestry Cartoons (1996) Shearman, Raphael's Cartoons Queen's Coll. (1972) Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239955, 0239960-0239967, 023847
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