Earth under protection of Jupiter (Zeus) and Juno (Hera). Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Wezeler, Georg (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 10'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Made for King John III of Portugal, possibly before 1543. Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventario of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la
Earth under protection of Jupiter (Zeus) and Juno (Hera). Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Wezeler, Georg (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 10'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Made for King John III of Portugal, possibly before 1543. Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventario of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. (or, PN. ). Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border banderole: GLORIA SVMMA / NAM SVA IPSIVS SOLA Terrestrial sphere flanked by Jupiter with scepter standing over Jupiter with wings & Juno with scepter stands over Juno with wings; sun flanked by Abundance & Wisdom & Fame & Victory; moon (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit, birds & animals with interlacing ribbon; (UPR BRD) sphere, inscription in banderole (R of center) 3rd tapestry in set of 3. However, in the 1880 inventory of the royal tapestries, a 4th panel was listed entitled "Coriolanus before Rome with Veturia & Volumnia" that had the same borders & height (GCPA 0237667). According to Göbel, this tapestry shows the Portuguese-half of the world, including Africa & Asia (see Göbel, I:1, p. 145). The upper border contains a planetarium, the emblem of King Manuel I of Portugal, known as Manuel the Fortunate (1469-1521, reigned 1495-1521) (Kraak). New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 55-67, no. 7 Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 100-103, series 15, panel no. 3 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 145, 146 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), no. 113 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238366-0238368; stylistically similar tapestry (same borders), GCPA 0237667
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