Escape of French as duc d'Alençon's army withdraws beyond Ticino River. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Moy, Willem (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 433 x W 836 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Charles V & his sister, Mary of Hungary coll. Italy, Campania, Napoli, Naples, Museo nazionale di Capodimonte, accno. 144487. Soldier on horseback with other soldiers escape on bridge f

Escape of French as duc d'Alençon's army withdraws beyond Ticino River. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Moy, Willem (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 433 x W 836 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Charles V & his sister, Mary of Hungary coll. Italy, Campania, Napoli, Naples, Museo nazionale di Capodimonte, accno. 144487. Soldier on horseback with other soldiers escape on bridge from battleground (R, foreground); cavalry approaches river (L, middle ground); fleeing army on other side of river (R, background); mountainous landscape (center, background) (BRD) garland of flowers & fruit with animals (birds & squirrels) twisting around central palm tree motif rod, wreaths of flowers & fruit in corners Willem Moy worked with his brother Jan in Brussels, where this set was probably produced. Casali, Arazzi della battaglia di Pavia (1993), 52-58, no. 6 Naples (Castel Sant'Elmo), I tesori dei d'Avalos (1995), 190-197, no. 105 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 98,99, 101 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238031-0238053, 0238057, 0238059, 0238061; another set in series (circle borders), GCPA 0238054-0238056, 0238058, 0238060; Louvre sketches by Orley, GCPA 0238062-0238067

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