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- Author after a cartoon by an artist from the circle of Cornelis Floris and Cornelis Bos
- Date of production ca. 1555
- Place of creation Brussels
- Dimensions height: 57 cm, width: 233 cm
- ID no. ZKWawel 115
- Museum Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection
- Availability in stock
- Subjects music, nature
- Technique weaving
- Material wool, silk, silver thread, gold thread
- Collector collection of King Sigismund Augustus
- Object copyright Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection
- Digital images copyright public domain
- Digitalisation RDW MIC, 2015
- Tags Wawel , manor house , Renaissance , fabric , 3D plus , King , music , public domain
It belongs to a series of fourteen tapestries designed to be hung under window sills. Most of them were damaged. After they had been taken to Russia in 1795, they were cut and sewn together to form semi-circular over-window or over-door tapestries. Upon their recovery from the Soviet Union in 1922, they were unstitched and put back together to reconstruct their original appearance. In the middle of the horizontal frieze, there is a metal vase supported on lion paws, filled with fruit and leaves. A huge eggplant and zucchini spill out of the vase. On both its sides, on a frame linking all the elements, two putti are perched, one of them with a bow and a quiver.
more It belongs to a series of fourteen tapestries designed to be hung under window sills. Most of them were damaged. After they had been taken to Russia in 1795, they were cut and sewn together to form semi-circular over-window or over-door tapestries. Upon their recovery from the Soviet Union in 1922, they were unstitched and put back together to reconstruct their original appearance.
In the middle of the horizontal frieze, there is a metal vase supported on lion paws, filled with fruit and leaves. A huge eggplant and zucchini spill out of the vase. On both its sides, on a frame linking all the elements, two putti are perched, one of them with a bow and a quiver. At the ends of the rectangular field, on decorative seats joined with the frame, there are two figures playing shells ‒ a young man on the right and a bearded man on the left. Under the seats, a snail and a turtle are hidden.
In terms of composition, the tapestry resembles the borders of large textiles with scenes from the Old Testament. It is a classic work of Netherlandish grotesque, an application of drawing and graphic designs created in Antwerp in the mid-16th century. The motif of the seats resembles part of 'teams' which can usually be seen in parades and processions of putti, goats and mythological characters. They are typical of the borders of the Bible tapestries from Wawel.
Elaborated by Magdalena Piwocka (Wawel Royal Castle), editorial team of Małopolska's Virtual Museums, |
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