Justice. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Guebels, François (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: Inscription identifying figures in central field [partially legible in photograph]: SALOMON Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [partially legible in photograph]:.. STITIA EST P
Justice. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Guebels, François (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1560-1570 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Sammlung für Plastik und Kunstgewerbe. Inscriptions: Inscription identifying figures in central field [partially legible in photograph]: SALOMON Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [partially legible in photograph]:.. STITIA EST PERPETIVA VOLVNTAS /.. SVVM VNICVIQVE TRIBVENS Inscriptions: Inscription identifying border figures: VINDICTA (Vengeance/Punishment) Details, possibly Elijah fed by widow of Zarephath (L, middle ground), detail of possibly 1 of 2 mothers who came before Solomon [judgement of Solomon] (R of center, foreground), detail of Justice's hand grasping sword (L, foreground) given to her by figure of God in sky (R, upper corner), landscape (background); border figure of Vengeance about to swat child's naked bottom with a fan of leaves (R), Daniel interrogates elders (L, in central field); King Solomon with inscription (L), stands next to other figures, cartouche with inscription (R); figure of Justice holding scales & tip of sword (center), figure of King Solomon (L), cartouche with inscription (center, border) (BRD) strapwork & garlands of flowers & fruit, vignette scenes with figures of Virtues & Vices with inscriptions; (UPR BRD) cartouche with inscription in center, framed with terminal masks Photographs of tapestry represent details; there is no view of the full tapestry panel. Schneebalg-Perelman, Neuf preux & les sept vertus (1974), 201-227, Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 115 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 205 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238406-0238429
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