Triumph of Time (over Fame). Crétif, Marc (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 403 X W 530 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. A. 257-7423. Figure of Time stands within oval representing zodiac symbols, in chariot in sky driven by 4 mythological creatures [like flying reindeer] (cent
Triumph of Time (over Fame). Crétif, Marc (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 403 X W 530 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. A. 257-7423. Figure of Time stands within oval representing zodiac symbols, in chariot in sky driven by 4 mythological creatures [like flying reindeer] (center, upper), winged-figure of Fame lies on ground (center, foreground), surrounded by groups of figures, landscape (background), castle (R, background) (BRD) garland of fruits & flowers 5th panel of tapestry in series of 6. Based on the allegorical poem by Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), "I Trionfi". The Junquera de Vega catalog indicates Antwerp for the weaving center, without explanation or evidence. Both Göbel & Thomson list Brussels manufacturing center, a more likely attribution (Campbell). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 273-278, series 38, panel no. 5 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 202, 206 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 416 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238374-0238378
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