Lust. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mary of Hungary coll. Philip II coll., Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 360-12153. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper borde

Lust. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (weft); metallic thread (gold, weft); metallic thread (silver, weft) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mary of Hungary coll. Philip II coll., Madrid. Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 360-12153. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: CVRA PLACENS PRAEDVLCE MALVM TRISTIQ VOLVPTAS/HEV VESANA EVRENS PECTORA COECAT AMOR Lust holding mirror & cup, standing on chariot drawn by animal with 7 heads (L, middle ground), couple embracing (L, middle ground), Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) holding club (L of center, foreground), possibly King Salomon on horseback (center, foreground), figure riding ass, cupid throwing arrows & female figure on horseback holding banner bearing he-goat (R, middle ground) (BRD) flowers, fruits, birds (peacocks, owl); (UPR BRD, center) banderole with inscription supported by 2 cherubim; (LWR BRD, center) holding urns with flames Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 150-154, series 22, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238192-0238195; another similar set (possibly woven after same cartoons), GCPA 0238187-0238191 (Madrid set no. 1)

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