Colosseum. Heemskerck, Marten van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, 1498-1574) (designed after) [printmaker] Tempesta, Antonio (Italian, 1555-1630) (designed after) [printmaker] Guebels, Jacques I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1580-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 16'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Goodwin, invoiced 10/7/1939; [also lists: 12/27/1939]; sold to Dino Levi [1?]/25/1964. Procession with Roman emperor mounted on
Colosseum. Heemskerck, Marten van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, 1498-1574) (designed after) [printmaker] Tempesta, Antonio (Italian, 1555-1630) (designed after) [printmaker] Guebels, Jacques I (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1580-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 16'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mr. Goodwin, invoiced 10/7/1939; [also lists: 12/27/1939]; sold to Dino Levi [1?]/25/1964. Procession with Roman emperor mounted on horseback surrounded by men & women on foot (center, foreground); 2 men on foot leading procession, 1 points towards arena (L of center, foreground); ruins of Colosseum, center of arena filled with figures, large statue of Zeus on pedestal (center & L of center, background); triumphal arch (R, background) (BRD) vignettes with figures created by hermes-like creatures & miniature architectural frames, some with vine-trellised arbors, interspersed with bunches of flowers, seated figures in corners This composition is based on a Marten van Heemskerck design & not on those later engraved copies by Philip Galle (1572) or by the de Passe family (1614). It is rather based on an engraving of Heemskerck by Antonio Tempesta. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 19552 [also lists: 41377] Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), 158, 160, Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry, Arles, Musée Réattu
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