Lamentation, Entombment and Christ in Limbo. Perugino (Italian, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 298 x W 328 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Mme. van Antwerpen coll., Brussels. Acquired by Musée Royal d'Antiquités in 1861 from Van Antwerpen sale. French & Co. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 858. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on cross: INRI [=Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum] Inscriptions: Inscription in
Lamentation, Entombment and Christ in Limbo. Perugino (Italian, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 298 x W 328 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 8-9/cm); silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Mme. van Antwerpen coll., Brussels. Acquired by Musée Royal d'Antiquités in 1861 from Van Antwerpen sale. French & Co. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 858. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on cross: INRI [=Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum] Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on bearded man's vestment: PHILIEP Christ, without crown of thorns, is supported by Virgin Mary; others present including, SS. Nicodemus & Joseph of Arimathaea, Mary Magdalene & Holy women; Christ lying in sarcophagus, surrounded by Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathaea, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene & others; Christ, holding banner of Resurrection, arrives at entrance of hell (harrowing of hell/ 'descensus ad inferos'/'Anastasis') (BRD) twisting vines with roses & bunches of grapes interspersed with birds Possibly woven in Brussels. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Souchal, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la tapisserie (1973), 180-182, cat. 75 Brussels (Musées Royaux), Tapisseries (1976), 73-75, & 132,133, Delmarcel, Wandtapijten I (1977), 10, Brussels (Musées Royaux), Tapisseries (1956), 37, , Guiffrey, Les tapisseries (1911), 112, New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 156-162, Related Works: Designed after Perugino's painting, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Ref. 8365, La Pietà (dated )
Size: 8977px × 8300px
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