Revelation of St. John (11-14). Ghieteels, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, b. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 850 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, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, at center: BLASPHEMIA Inscriptions: Inscription in cen

Revelation of St. John (11-14). Ghieteels, Jan (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, b. ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 525 x W 850 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, Segovia, Segovia, Palacio de San Ildefonso, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, at center: BLASPHEMIA Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, R of center: QVIS SIMILIS Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche [partially legible in photograph]: CERTA QVIES (L to R), St. (archangel) Michael & his angels fighting against dragon (=Satan/devil) & his followers; leopard-like beast with 7 heads comes out of sea & is worshipped together with dragon; dragon is cast out of heaven & persecutes pregnant woman; adoration of Lamb on Mount Sion by tribes of Israel (the 144-thousand); Christ surrounded by 4 beasts & 24 elders wearing crowns (BRD) bunches of flowers twisting around central rod, interspersed with birds; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with inscription Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 54-62, series 11, New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 40-53, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239438-0239447, 0184324, 0184370

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