Taking of fortress of Hulst. Snellinck, Jan I (Flemish, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Reymbouts, Martin II (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 357 x W 429 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) 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, Madrid, Museo Del Palacio De El Pardo, accno. Inscriptions: Inscript
Taking of fortress of Hulst. Snellinck, Jan I (Flemish, ) (cartoon creator, attr.) [painter] Reymbouts, Martin II (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 357 x W 429 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) 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, Madrid, Museo Del Palacio De El Pardo, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche, in center [partially legible in photograph]: HVLSTANI. ADITV. AVXILIVS / NON PRACVLSO. FACTA DEDI / TIONE. MILISTES. PLVSQUAM. CDCD / EDVEVNT. VEVNT Inscriptions: Inscription in left border cartouche, in center [not legible in photograph]: PANICO TERRORE. Inscriptions: Inscription in right border cartouche, in center [not legible in photograph]: AVEDENTIOR. IBO HAC DVCE. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border cartouche, in center [not legible in photograph]: SIC. PLVRA. SVPERSVNT. Group of army commanders meet (R, foreground); young Archduke Albert's army attacks with cannons (L, foreground); city of Hulst, main tower burns, as soldiers attack (L of center, background) (BRD) martial trophies (suits of armor, swords, shields), medallions with head of Medusa in corners, inscriptions in cartouche on every side Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. 2 (1986), 19-26, series 46, no. 7 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 334 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), pl. 281 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237520-0237526, 0184809
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