Resurrection. unknown c. 1510-1515 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 25'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 5-6/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Cathedral of Toledo until Ascher Wertheimer coll. 1902. Weinberg coll. William Randolph Hearst coll. French & Co. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by figure of Zecharias at left: ECCE REX TVVS VENIT TIBI ZECHAR IX Inscriptions: Inscription in central field
Resurrection. unknown c. 1510-1515 Tapestry Dimensions: H 14'2" x W 25'10" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 5-6/cm); wool & silk (dyed, weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Cathedral of Toledo until Ascher Wertheimer coll. 1902. Weinberg coll. William Randolph Hearst coll. French & Co. United States, California, San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by figure of Zecharias at left: ECCE REX TVVS VENIT TIBI ZECHAR IX Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by figure of Hosea at right: VIVICABIT NOS POST DVOS DIES OZEE Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field, identifying figures [some include]: NASI REENI (Nazarenus or Nazarene), VOLUPTAS (Pleasure), VELOCITAS (Agility), CARITAS (Chastity) & HOMO (Man) In center, risen Christ, holding cross with banner of Resurrection, surrounded by 6 female personifications, including Beauty (Pulchritudo), Pleasure, Fortitude, Health (Sanitas) Duration (Diuturnitas) & Agility (Velocitas) (=7 gifts of body from 14 Beatitudes); group of frightened soldiers flee; Holy women (3 Maries) (lower L); harrowing of hell ('descensus ad inferos'), Christ liberates personifications of Man (Homo), Nature (Natura) & others (top, L); triumphal arrival in paradise of Christ, along with Good Malefactor carrying his cross (top, L of center); Holy Trinity ('Trinitas coelestis': Father, Son & Holy Ghost) in Paradise (top, center); St. Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, as gardener with hoe ('Noli me tangere') (top, R of center); within pavilion surmounted by angels playing musical instruments, Christ, surrounded by Agility, Health, Duration, Beauty & Fortitude, taking leave of Virgin Mary, accompanied by Faith, Hope & Charity; Supper at Emmaus (top R) (BRD) twisting vines of foliage & flowers Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). The "Redemption of Man" series comprises 10 known compositio
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