Statue of Virgin Mary welcomed to Brussels with splendor. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] c. 1516-1518 Tapestry Dimensions: H 341 x W 528 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Church of Sablon records, by Calvete de Estrella in 1549. Possibly recorded in Taxis family coll., Brussels. E. Peyre coll., Paris (1874). Frédéric Spitzer coll.; sold, 6/16/1893. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 3153. Inscriptions:
Statue of Virgin Mary welcomed to Brussels with splendor. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] c. 1516-1518 Tapestry Dimensions: H 341 x W 528 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool & silk Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Church of Sablon records, by Calvete de Estrella in 1549. Possibly recorded in Taxis family coll., Brussels. E. Peyre coll., Paris (1874). Frédéric Spitzer coll.; sold, 6/16/1893. Belgium, Brabant, Brussels, Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, accno. 3153. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on dais: AVE REGINA CELOR[VM] Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, on banderole at left: R Celica magnanimvs Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border, on banderole at right: V Hanc age Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border, on banderole at left: Q Portvm cymba Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border, on banderole in center: S Grata pheretra Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border, on banderole at right: T Sistitvr in Inscriptions: Inscription in left border on banderoles (repeated on each): HABEO QVOD Inscriptions: Inscription in right border on banderoles (repeated on each): DV[??] VIXIT BENE BENE VIXIT Inscriptions: Inscription in right border, on plaque near bottom: Egreg Francisvs de Taxis de pie memorie postarvm magister hec fieri fecit anno 1518 Columns divide scene into 3 parts; left, duc Jean III kneels before statue of Virgin Mary as several high dignitaries look on; center, Jean III & his son, Charles d'Austriche wearing crown of Spain, carry litter with statue of Virgin Mary to chapel of Grand Serment des Arbalétriers in Sablon, 4 angels supporting dais above statue; right, in chapel, Béatrice Soetkens kneeling before statue, accompanied by Marguerite d'Austriche & her sisters, Eléonore, Isabelle, Catherine & Marie (BRD) scrolling foliage interspersed with grotesq
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