Martyrdom and death of St. Paul. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 422 x W 490 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: ALII ALLIS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper bor
Martyrdom and death of St. Paul. Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Younger) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1540 Tapestry Dimensions: H 422 x W 490 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: ALII ALLIS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche in center: ROME PAVL CAPETE Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche at right: COMPLVRES CRVCIBVS St. Paul praying before being beheaded; several beheaded figures scattered around central scene (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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