Nobility. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Gossaert, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Aelst, Pieter van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1520-1523 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5 x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: ); wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Set in "pawn" with Fuggers, Antwerp
Nobility. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Gossaert, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Aelst, Pieter van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1520-1523 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5 x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: ); wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Set in "pawn" with Fuggers, Antwerp (1523-1526). Charles V coll. (purchased in 1526); listed in his Brussels inventory in 1544; probably taken to Spain by Charles V in 1555 or by Philip II in 1559. Inventory of Philip II (1599); descent into Spanish royal collection. Spain, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. TA-8/4, 10026278. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, left banderole: MENS GENEROSA LICET TITULIS NON FULGET AUISTIS/SEPE REFERT GESTIS NOMINA CLARA PROBIS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center banderole: CUI PIA SUPREMI CURE EST CULTURA TONANTIS/HUNC BEAT ETERNA NOBILITATE DEUS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, right banderole: REGIAQUE INGENUIS PIETAS INSIGNIBUS ORNAT/QUEMLIBET ILLUSTRES AC HABET INTER HEROS 3 aspects of Nobility are illustrated in scenes separated by ornate columns, Natural Nobility (left-side of panel); Divine Nobility (center of panel); Civil Nobility (right-side of panel); Emperor Trajan enthroned holds scepter, surrounded by courtesans (L, middle ground); Noah slumped on ground next to wine cups & shovel, his drunkenness discovered by his sons, Shem & Japheth (L, foreground); Coronation of Virgin by Trinity (center, top); David anointed by Samuel before numerous figures (Abraham, Moses, Esthe)] (center, foreground); triumphal entry of emperor, (=Augustus' entry into Egypt?) (R, top); Octavian Augustus kneels before several figures (R, foregro
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