Moses striking water from rock. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (school, designed after) [painter] Herzeele, Joost van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 383 x W 511 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: Weaver mark [location unknown; not visible in photograph] In landscape, Moses
Moses striking water from rock. Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520) (school, designed after) [painter] Herzeele, Joost van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 383 x W 511 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: Weaver mark [location unknown; not visible in photograph] In landscape, Moses strikes rock twice in front of assembled people, water gushes out & people quench their thirst; God, descending from clouds, reprimanding Moses (Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:2-13) (BRD) carved relief with spiraling acanthus leaves, interspersed with grotesques Unknown flemish cartoonist; the designs partially based on the [frescos] in the Vatican Loggia (school of Raphael). Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 163-170, series 24 Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 14, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239093-0239099; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0237234-0237238 (panel in the "Life of Moses" Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, set: GCPA: 0237197-0237260)
Size: 6144px × 4656px
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