Inspection of troops at Barcelona. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 712 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos II
Inspection of troops at Barcelona. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 712 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos II (1701-1703), Carlos III (1788) & Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. (or, PN. ). Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left [not visible in photo]; weaver mark on right guard, bottom, [partially visible in photo] Inscriptions: Inscriptions in L & R borders: PLVS OULTRE Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: Todas estas Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border: MADRITI CAMPOS Cavalry move in circle, soldiers hold spears; cavalry in formation (R, middle ground); port of Barcelona (L, bkgrnd); Barcelona cityscape (R, bkgrnd) (BRD) interlaced circles terminating in brackets; (L & R BRD) central cartouche with inscribed motto; (UPR BRD) inscribed entablature, hapsburg family arms [double-headed eagle] in upper corners; (LWR BRD) central cartouche, medallions with Decussate Cross of St. Andrew in lower corners Two panels from this set of 12 are missing. The cartoons are in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 73-92, series 13, no. 2 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), 109-172, 184-188 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), pls. B5-16 New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 75-81, no. 9 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237624-0237634, 0184205; compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon): GCPA 0237636
Size: 6144px × 4536px
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