Funeral of King Turnus, killed by Aeneas. Mattens, Andreas (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 350 x W 540 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 225-6147. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom [not visible in photograph] Inscriptions: Inscriptions

Funeral of King Turnus, killed by Aeneas. Mattens, Andreas (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 350 x W 540 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 225-6147. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom [not visible in photograph] Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field identifying figures [some include]: LATINVS, ENEAS, LAVINA, TVRN', DAVN Funeral procession for King Turnus, large baldachin with coffin (center, foreground); bishop (?) in prayer before altar (L, top); mourners following alongside funeral procession (L & R, foreground); messengers before King Dauno (?); funeral service (R, top) (BRD) floral motif within compartmentalized rectangles & squares Although this is traditionally grouped with the "Morality" series [at Madrid, GCPA: 0238396:0238401], it is from a lost "History of Aeneas" series. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 22-26, series 5, no. 4 Related Works: Panels in "Morality" set, GCPA: 0238396-0238401, Madrid, Patrimonio Nacional; stylistically similar tapestry, GCPA: 0237872

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