Capture of Tunis. 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] Goten, Jacob van der (the Younger) (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Goten, Adriaen van der (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Goten, Cornelis van der (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1743 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool &
Capture of Tunis. 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] Goten, Jacob van der (the Younger) (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Goten, Adriaen van der (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Goten, Cornelis van der (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1740-1743 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Spanish Weaving Center: Madrid Ownership History: Spain, Sevilla, Seville, Real Alcázar. Inscriptions: Inscription in L border cartouche: PLVS OULTRE Inscriptions: Inscription in R border cartouche: IX y X / Esta non Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border entablature: Leuanta el Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border cartouche [partially visible in photograph]: ADMOVET INFESTVS Cavalry approaching Tunis (L, middle ground & background); group of Moors, seen on horseback holding spears, attack group of women (center, foreground); attack on city of Tunis, isolated combat scenes (center & L, midde ground) (BRD) interlacing circles terminating in brackets, cartouches & medallions; (L BRD) central cartouche with 2 columns & inscribed motto; (R BRD) cartouche with inscription; (UPR BRD) entablature with inscription, coat of arms of Hapsburg family [double-headed eagle] in upper corners; (LWR BRD) central cartouche with inscription, medallions with Decussate Cross of St. Andrew in lower corners This Spanish set of the "Conquest of Tunis" was woven after the original cartoons (now in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses) designed by Jan Cornelis Vermeyen & woven by Wilhelm de Pannemaker in 1549-1551. Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), 109-172, 2
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