Ananias, rebuked by St. Peter, falls down and dies. Kempener, Peter de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Ghieteels, Frans (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1556-1567 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 18'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: National Cathedral School, Washington, French & Co. Sold at Sotheby's/Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 6/18/1976. Abbey of St. Peter, Gent (Sint
Ananias, rebuked by St. Peter, falls down and dies. Kempener, Peter de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] Ghieteels, Frans (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1556-1567 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 18'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: National Cathedral School, Washington, French & Co. Sold at Sotheby's/Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 6/18/1976. Abbey of St. Peter, Gent (Sint-Pietersabdij). Belgium, East Flanders, Gent, Bijlokemuseum. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, on central banderole: FALSILOQVO QVICVQVE Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, above coat of arms on left: POVR BIEN Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, above coat of arms on right: FINIS LEGIS CHARITAS Standing on rostrum, Peter, surrounded by apostles, lashes out at Ananias who falls down & dies (Acts: 5:1-6); group of figures look on in horror (BRD) scrolling grape vines around central rod; lions' masks in corners; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with inscription flanked by cherubim & coats of arms surmounted by banderoles with inscribed mottos French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 1019 Gent, Tapisseries du château de Wawel à Cracovie (1987), 114-115, no. 32 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 129 Delmarcel, AT 10 (1980), 155-162, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238467-0238470 & "St. Peter's Vision" (see Delmarcel)
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