Alexander rebuilds Cyrus' pillaged tomb. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (follower, designed after) [painter] Blommaert, Adriaan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1570-1580 Tapestry Dimensions: H 415 x W 510 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788), Fernando VIII & "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscript
Alexander rebuilds Cyrus' pillaged tomb. Coxie, Michiel (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1499-1592) (follower, designed after) [painter] Blommaert, Adriaan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1570-1580 Tapestry Dimensions: H 415 x W 510 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventory of Carlos III (1788), Fernando VIII & "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription on tombstone: HECTO PARM. Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border [not legible in photo]: NATVRA. REPVGNAT. 2 soldiers carry lifeless body of Orsines, murdered satrap; in city of Pasargadae, Alexander encounters pillaged tomb of Cyrus & decides to rebuild it with his army, fallen pyramidal tombstone with inscription (BRD) entrelats with flowers, fruits & figures; (L & R BRD) medallions with figural scenes; (UPR BRD) medallion in cartouche; (LWR BRD) cartouche with animals, with inscription beneath, flanked by terminal figures This set is composed of 2 groups of panels. The first, of a high quality of weaving, was produced between 1570-1580 in the workshop of Adriaan Blommaert (GCPA: 0237527, 0237530:0237533); the second, of a coarser weaving, was produced around 1600 in the workshop of Jan Raes I & Jacques Guebels I, whose monogram appears on the panels (GCPA: 0237528:0237529, 0237534:0237536). Tom Campbell identifies 2 panels with the second group (GCPA: 0237528:0237529); de Vega adds 3 more (GCPA: 0237534:0237536). There are 11 panels in this set, but the 8th panel (La familia de Darío a los pies de Alejandro) is not represented in the Photo Study Collection. Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 248-262, series 35, no. 11 Avery, NCCH, Plutarch, Lives of the noble Grecians & Romans (1932), 849 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 02375
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