St. Paul on Malta (Melita). Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 542 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche at left: NAVFRAGIO IACTATI TAN Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border ca
St. Paul on Malta (Melita). Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 542 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche at left: NAVFRAGIO IACTATI TAN Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche in center: PAVLVS SARMENTA Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche at right: PATREM PVBLII FBRICITAN Shipwreck on coast of Malta (L background); St. Paul & his men are kindly received by inhabitants who make fire; Paul bitten by viper when throwing wood on fire (center foreground); Paul heals Publius' father (L foreground) (Acts 27:39-44, 28:1-8) (BRD) bunches of flowers & fruit twisting around palm tree trunk motif; (UPR BRD) cartouches with inscriptions; (LWR BRD) in corners, putti with bird cages Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 230-235, series 32, Bauer, Tapisserien der Renaissance (1981), 15-18 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238757-0238761
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