Battle before Goleta or Goletta, or La Goulette. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 530 x W 957 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories
Battle before Goleta or Goletta, or La Goulette. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 530 x W 957 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos II (1701-1703), Carlos III (1788) & Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left [not visible in photo]; weaver mark on right guard, bottom, [partially visible in photo] Inscriptions: Inscription in L border: PLVS OULTRE Inscriptions: Inscription in R border: V / La vista Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: Salen de mañ Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border: ERVMPIT TVRCA Group of figures on small island (?) (L, foreground); rowboats on water approaching shore (center, middle ground); cannons firing from square fortress (L, background); camp with tents & figures (center, background) (BRD) interlaced circles terminating in brackets; (L BRD) cartouche with inscribed motto; (R BRD) cartouche with inscription; (UPR BRD) inscribed entablature, Hapsburg family arms [double-headed eagle] in upper corners; (LWR BRD) central cartouche with inscription, medallions with Decussate Cross of St. Andrew in lower corners Two panels from this set of 12 are missing. The cartoons are in Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 73-92, series 13, no. 5 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), 109-172, 197-200 Horn, Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (1989), pls. B39-46 New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 75-81, no. 9 Related Works: Panels
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