Departure from Goleta or Goletta, or La Goulette. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 980 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventorie
Departure from Goleta or Goletta, or La Goulette. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 980 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos II (1701-1703), Carlos III (1788) & Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left [not visible in photo]; weaver mark on right guard, bottom, [partially visible in photo] Inscriptions: Inscription in L border: PLVS OULTRE Inscriptions: Inscription in R border: XII / La duodecima Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: Uelue el Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border: VT REPETIT Men recovering cannonballs from water, boats on water (center, foreground); view of camp with trenches, figures in various activities (center, middle ground); Cape of Carthage, ships on water (center, background) (BRD) interlaced circles terminating in brackets; (L BRD) cartouche with inscribed motto; (R BRD) inscribed cartouche; (UPR BRD) inscribed entablature, Hapsburg family arms [double-headed eagle] in upper corners; (LWR BRD) inscribed cartouche, medallions with Decussate Cross of St. Andrew in lower corners Two panels from this set of 12 are missing. The cartoons are in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 73-92, series 13, no. 12 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), 109-172, 203-205 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), pls. B95-102 New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 75-81, no. 9 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237
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