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Gluttony. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mary of Hungary coll. Philip II coll., Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 360-12154. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper b
Gluttony. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mary of Hungary coll. Philip II coll., Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 360-12154. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border [partially legible in photograph]: SINT IGNOTA LICET MAGNI PATRIMONIA CROESI/IMMENSAE ABSVMVNT ALTA BARATRA GULAE Gluttony, crowned with vine leaves, holding pitcher & roast (L, middle ground), seated on triumphal chariot drawn by Harpies, attendants carrying heavy pitchers, spit with fowl, platter with food (L, middle ground), Silenus riding ass & young man on horseback carrying banner showing falcon (R, foreground) (BRD) flowers, fruits, birds (peacocks, owl); (UPR BRD, center) banderole with inscription supported by 2 cherubim; (LWR BRD, center) holding urns with flames Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 150-154, series 22, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238192-0238195; another similar set (possibly woven after same cartoons), GCPA 0238187-0238191 (Madrid set no. 1)
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