Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before Battle of Zama. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Mattens, Hendrick (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 315 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQR Inscri
Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before Battle of Zama. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Mattens, Hendrick (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 315 x W 380 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banner: SPQR Inscriptions: Inscriptions indentifying left border figures (top to bottom): RESVRRECTIO[N], SENECTVS, TEMPVS Inscriptions: Inscriptions indentifying lower border figures (L to R): TYRANNIS, FVGA, OBEDIENTIA, PATIENTIA Inscriptions: Inscriptions indentifying right border figures (top to bottom): LVXVS, CARISTIA, RAPTVS Scipio at banks of river raises his arm up to Hannibal, Scipio's army waits, many soldiers on horseback, 1 holds large banner with inscription (L of center, foreground); Hannibal, across river, stands with 1 arm raised, army behind him (R of center, middle ground); Hannibal's army & elephants (R of center, background) (UPR BRD) putti interspersed with garlands of foliage & fruit; (L & R BRD) allegorical figures in architectural niches with inscriptions beneath them; (LWR BRD); seated allegorical figures with inscriptions, interspersed with male winged figures terminating in acanthus base & hold cornucopias, soldier in center Based on Giulio Romano's designs for the "Scipio" series made for François I of France (Campbell). The Junquera de Vega shows the panel with borders, but the right side of GCPA 0240143 is seen as 2 individual fragments (Dimitrova). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 193-205, series 28, no. 4 Paris (Grand Palais), Jules Romain (1978), 86-93 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240140-0240145; another set in series (similar borders
Size: 6144px × 4382px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords:
