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Benavides’s ‘Scipio’ ensemble and collaborative entrepreneurial action in Brussels tapestry around 1660
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 112-119
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Author:
Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)
Author:
Slegten, Astrid (Slegten, Astrid)
Subjects
artists:
Penni, Giovanni Francesco / Giulio Romano / Leefdael, Jan van / Strecken, Geraert van der / Reydams, Heinrich, I, ca. 1600-1669 / Leyniers, Everard / Geubels, Jacob, the younger / Raes, Jan I, act. 1610-1631 / Teniers, David II, 1610-1690 / Teniers, David III, 1638-1685 / Hoecke, Jan van den / Le Brun, Charles / Valdor, Johannes II, 1616-1670
dates:
1600-1699 / 1650-1699
media:
Tapestries / Drawings / Documents
patrons:
Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Don Luis de, Marquis of Caracena / Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, 1614-1662
places:
Flanders / Brussels
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Patronage / Commissions / Inventories / Contracts / Brussels Tapestry / Dyeing / Artists' groups and associations / Workshops (Organisations) / Cartoons (working drawings) / Classical Revival / Baroque / Teniers family / Teniers Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.3.
Attributed works:
2. A table showing all the known extant tapestries of the Benavides Deeds and triumph of Scipio series.
Attributed works:
3. Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before the Battle of Zama, from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 842 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
4. Sol from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1662. Wool and silk, 180 by 147 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
5. The continence of Scipio from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 557 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
6. Capture of the camp and mercy for the vanquished from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 481 by 794 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).