Revelation of St. John (6-7). Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 530 x W 855 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, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [partially legible in photograph]: GRATIA MYS
Revelation of St. John (6-7). Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 530 x W 855 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, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [partially legible in photograph]: GRATIA MYSERIVM GRANDE (L to R), opening of 7 seals & 4 horsemen of Apocalypse; opening of 1st seal, man on white horse with crown, bow & arrow (=Victory); opening of 2nd seal, man on red horse with sword (=War); opening of 3rd seal, man on black horse with pair of scales (=Famine); opening of 4th seal, man on pale horse with scythe (=Death); opening of 5th seal, white robes are given to souls of martyrs under altar; opening of 6th seal, great earthquake, sun turns black, moon red as blood & stars fall on earth, mankind hiding; 4 winds are restrained by 4 angels; sealing of tribes of Israel (the 144-thousand) (BRD) bunches of flowers twisting around central rod, interspersed with birds; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with inscription Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 54-62, series 11, New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 40-53 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239438-0239447, 0184324, 0184370
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