Honor. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Gossaert, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Aelst, Pieter van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1520-1523 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5 x W 10 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Charles V coll., Seville. Spain, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de Sa
Honor. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Gossaert, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] Aelst, Pieter van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1520-1523 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5 x W 10 m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Charles V coll., Seville. Spain, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. A. 265-7812. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, left banderole: QUISQUIS UT AD CLARU STUDIOSUS SCANDAT HONORE / NATURA ASSIDUIS PROVOCAT ALMA TUBIS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, center banderole: CANDIDA QUOS MISIT VIRTUS HONOR ARCE RECEPTAS / LAUREAT AMBITIO QUOS TULIT INDE FUGAT Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, right banderole: SEDULO DOCTA IUBET MODULIS SCRIPTURA DISERTIS / NE QUIS HONORIPAROS TARDET INIRE LARES Staircases (L & R) flank central tribunal scene; enthroned Honor presides as judge, holds scepter, crowned by Virtue & Victory, Reverence & Maiestas converse at Honor's feet (center, top); flanked by 10 male rulers, L to R: Godfrey of Bouillon, St. Louis of France, Emperor Henry, Charlemagne, King David, Emperor Augustus or Octavian, Abraham, Alexander the Great, Emperor Otto, & 14 famous women, L to R: Florence of Rome, Margaret, Elisabeth, Lucretia, Thomyris, Semiramis, Helena, Sara, Rebecca, Esther, Deborah, Judith, queen of Sheba, Asia (middle ground); dishonorable gather before tribunal & attempt to enter (foreground) (BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit interspersed with vessels For complete transcription of the inscriptions, see the Junquera de Vega catalog. This panel belongs to a set of 9 tapestries, entitled "Los Honores", whose execution may have been motivated by the election of Emperor Charles V of Spain in
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