Scipio upbraiding Masinissa Massanissa/Massinisa. Reymbouts, Martin II (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1590-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'3" x W 6'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left [not visible in GCPA: 0240179, 0184319]; weaver mark on right guard, bottom [not visible in photographs] Scipio dressed in armor, holds saber in right hand &
Scipio upbraiding Masinissa Massanissa/Massinisa. Reymbouts, Martin II (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1590-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'3" x W 6'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left [not visible in GCPA: 0240179, 0184319]; weaver mark on right guard, bottom [not visible in photographs] Scipio dressed in armor, holds saber in right hand & grasps sword in other (R, foreground); Masinissa stands before Scipio with arms crossed over his chest (L, foreground); 2 soldiers with spears (R, middle ground); tent with figures (R, middle ground); group of soldiers (L, background); city within mountainous landscape (center, background) (L & R BRD) central medallion with man & lion flanked by strapwork with grotesques, female figures at top & bottom under trellised arbor; (UPR & LWR BRD) central scene with 2 female archers aiming at wild boar, flanked by grotesques, flowers, putti, vases & lions French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, J-359 Brussels (Musées Royaux), Tapisseries (1956), 51,52, no. 39, Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 109 Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), pl. 30 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Ref. , "Scipio Upbraiding Masinissa"
Size: 7754px × 9630px
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License: Licensed
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