Monkeys playing with foxes. Vredeman de Vries, Hans (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Bombeck, Seger (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550-1560 Tapestry Dimensions: H 350 x W 335 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 25
Monkeys playing with foxes. Vredeman de Vries, Hans (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Bombeck, Seger (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550-1560 Tapestry Dimensions: H 350 x W 335 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A. 258-7488. Inscriptions: Weaver mark [SB] [location unknown; not visible in photograph] 2 monkeys climb columns of central arbor, while 2 others play at bottom with foxes among motifs of flowers, fruits, vases & birds (BRD) garlands of flowers interspersed with allegorical figures; (UPR BRD) figure of Law [La ley] in center; (LWR BRD) figure of Justice [La Justicia] in center; (L BRD) (from top to bottom) Venus (Aphrodite), Minerva (Athena) & Juno (Hera); (R BRD) (from top to bottom) Jupiter (Zeus), Ceres (Demeter) & Mars (Ares) Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 214-224, series 30, no. 6 Related Works: Panels in set, GCPA 0236307-0236317
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