Sorcerer Elymas (Elymes, Bar-Jesus), is struck blind by St. Paul. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] Penni, Giovan Francesco (Italian, ) (designed after, borders) [painter] Tiegen, Jan van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] Leyniers, Nikolaus (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 490 x W 740 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III
Sorcerer Elymas (Elymes, Bar-Jesus), is struck blind by St. Paul. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (designed after) [painter] Penni, Giovan Francesco (Italian, ) (designed after, borders) [painter] Tiegen, Jan van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] Leyniers, Nikolaus (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 490 x W 740 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels 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. Inscriptions: Weaver mark on left guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, below enthroned man: L. SERGIVS PAVILVS / ASIAE PROCOS / CHRISTIANAM FIDEM / AMPLECTITVR / SAVLI PREDICATIONE Sergius Paulus, Roman governor, enthroned, wears laurel wreath; surrounded by citizens holding fasces; Elymas tries to prevent SS. Paul & Barnabas from speaking, & Paul then strikes him blind (UPR BRD) garland of flowers; (L & R BRD) grotesques with mythological & allegorical figures under architectural framework; (LWR BRD) seated male & female figures alternating with grotesques & vases The weaver mark of Jan van Tiegen is documented & the weaver mark of Nikolaus Leyniers is attributed (Campbell). This is 1 of 9 extant panels within this set of the "Acts of the Apostles" series. The first series (at the Vatican, called "Scuola Vecchia") was commissioned from Raphael for Pope Leo X in 1515 to adorn the walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (Dimitrova). The original cartoons designed by Raphael for the Vatican's "Acts of Apostles" set are currently housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) (Dimitrova). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 63-72, series 12, no. 7 New York (Met), Tapestry in the Renaissance (2002), 187-203 Fer
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