Resurrection. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'4" x W 20'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Duke of Berwick & Alba coll. French & Co. Gift to museum from Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson & William Deering Howe. French & Co. United States, Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Zecharias at left: ECCE REX TVVS VENIT TIBI Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Hosea at right: VIVIFICARIT NOS POS
Resurrection. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'4" x W 20'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Duke of Berwick & Alba coll. French & Co. Gift to museum from Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson & William Deering Howe. French & Co. United States, Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Zecharias at left: ECCE REX TVVS VENIT TIBI Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Hosea at right: VIVIFICARIT NOS POST DVOS DIES Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field, identifying figures [some include]: VOLUPTAS (Pleasure), VELOCITAS (Agility), CARITAS (Chastity) & HOMO (Man) In center, risen Christ, holding cross with banner of Resurrection, surrounded by 6 female personifications, including Beauty (Pulchritudo), Pleasure, Fortitude, Health (Sanitas) Duration (Diuturnitas) & Agility (Velocitas) (=7 gifts of body from 14 Beatitudes); harrowing of hell ('descensus ad inferos'), Christ liberates personifications of Man (Homo), Nature (Natura) & others (top, L); triumphal arrival in paradise of Christ, along with Good Malefactor carrying his cross (top, L of center); Holy Trinity ('Trinitas coelestis': Father, Son & Holy Ghost) in Paradise (top, center); St. Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, as gardener with hoe ('Noli me tangere') (top, R of center); within pavilion surmounted by angels playing musical instruments, Christ, surrounded by Agility, Health, Duration, Beauty & Fortitude, taking leave of Virgin Mary, accompanied by Faith, Hope & Charity; Supper at Emmaus (top R) (BRD) twisting vines of foliage & flowers Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). This is an abridged version of the full composition. This panel does not show the group of frightened soldiers fleeing from the risen Christ nor the Holy women (see related works) (Dimitrova). The "Redemption of Man" series comprises 1
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