Presentation of crowns. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Mattens, Cornelis (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Mattens, Hendrick (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] (Netherlandish (after 1600)) c. 1580-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'4" x W 15'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Duke of Sesto coll., Madrid. Raoul Heilbronner coll., Paris, (). French & Co. purchased from Galeries Heilbronner 2
Presentation of crowns. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (designed after) [painter] Mattens, Cornelis (Netherlandish (after 1600), ) (workshop) [weaver] Mattens, Hendrick (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] (Netherlandish (after 1600)) c. 1580-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'4" x W 15'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Duke of Sesto coll., Madrid. Raoul Heilbronner coll., Paris, (). French & Co. purchased from Galeries Heilbronner 2/8/1913; sold to Clarence Hungerford Mackay [?] 6/12/1916 [SS 5286]. French & Co, purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 6/9/1927; sold to William Randolph Hearst 7/14/1927 [SS 15115]. United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Peabody Conservatory of Music. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in left border: RESVRRECTIO[N], SENECTVS, TEMPVS Inscriptions: Inscriptions in lower border: TYRANNIS, FVGA, OBEDIENTIA, PATIENTIA Inscriptions: Inscriptions in right border: LVXVS, CARISTIA, RAPTVS In architectural setting, Scipio enthroned hands crown to kneeling soldier; 2 soldiers stand next to throne; 2 men approach from outside scene; group of men with spears surround temple, city ruins in 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 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 5286-b French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 15115-b [also lists: 30546] Paris (Grand Palais), Jules Romain (1978), 42-45 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240146-0240147, 0184206, 0240192-0240193, 0240209-0240217, 0240222-0240224; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0240142
Size: 9071px × 8130px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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