European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volumes I and II

European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volumes I and II

Standen, Edith Appleton

1985

848 pages

511 illustrations

George Wittenborn Award, Winner (1987)

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Table of contents

About the authors

Volume I

Foreword
Philippe de Montebello

Introduction

Frequently Cited Sources

Acknowledgments

The Netherlands: Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries
Catalogue numbers 1–39

France: Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
Catalogue numbers 40–44

France: The Gobelins
Catalogue numbers 45–62

Volume II

France: Beauvais
Catalogue numbers 63–91

France: Aubusson
Catalogue numbers 9 2–104

France: Savonneire Manufactory and Seventeenth–Century Embroideries
Catalogue numbers 105–118

England and Ireland
Catalogue numbers 119–136

Other Countries
Germany, catalogue numbers 137–140
Italy, catalogue numbers 141–146
Poland, catalogue numbers 147, 148
China, catalogue number 149
Russia, catalogue numbers 150, 151
Spain, catalogue number 152

Concordance of Accession and Catalogue Numbers

Index

Met Art in Publication

Interior scene, Wool, silk (15-16 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.), Netherlandish, probably Brussels — Interior scene
ca. 1520–25

Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian I in an Architectural Frame (copy), Hans Weiditz the Younger German, Woodcut — Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian I in an Architectural Frame (copy)
Hans Weiditz the Younger
n.d.

The Twelve Ages of a Man: The First Three Ages (Birth-18), or Spring, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (16-20 warps per inch, 6-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — The Twelve Ages of a Man: The First Three Ages (Birth-18), or Spring
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1515

The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Summer, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (16-20 warps per inch, 6-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Summer
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1515

The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Autumn, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (16-20 warps per inch, 6-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Second Three Ages (18-36), or Autumn
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1515

The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Last Three Ages (54-72), or Winter, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (16-20 warps per inch, 6-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — The Twelve Ages of a Man: The Last Three Ages (54-72), or Winter
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1515

August from a set of Medallion Months, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — August from a set of Medallion Months
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1525–28

October from a set of Medallion Months, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — October from a set of Medallion Months
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1525–28

Adoration of the Kings, Bernard van Orley or a member of his workshop Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver, silver-gilt thread (20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Adoration of the Kings
Bernard van Orley
1525–1535

The Crucifixion, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver thread, silver-gilt thread (20-21 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — The Crucifixion
Bernard van Orley
design ca. 1515, woven ca. 1525

Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John, Albrecht Dürer German, Woodcut — Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John
Albrecht Dürer
1516

The Last Supper, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread. — The Last Supper
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1525–28

Saint Veronica, Bernard van Orley Netherlandish, Wool, silk, gilded silver metal-wrapped threads (18-21 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, probably Brussels — Saint Veronica
Bernard van Orley
ca. 1525

Christ Shown to the People, Quentin Metsys Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver, silver-gilt thread (21-23 warps per inch, 8-10 per cm.), Netherlandish, probably Brussels — Christ Shown to the People
Quentin Metsys
ca. 1515–20

Ecce Homo, Quentin Metsys Netherlandish, Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (17-18 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Ecce Homo
Quentin Metsys
ca. 1520–25

Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Italian, Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Mercury Changes Aglauros to Stone, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona
designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse, Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Italian, Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona
designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570

Minerva from the "Doria Grotesques", Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian, Wool, silk (17-19 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Minerva from the "Doria Grotesques"
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
Designed 1545, woven ca. 1550

Panel with grotesques, from a set of bed hangings, Cornelis Floris II Netherlandish, Silk, wool, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Panel with grotesques, from a set of bed hangings
Cornelis Floris II
ca. 1550–60

Panel with grotesques, from a set of bed hangings, Cornelis Floris II Netherlandish, Silk, wool, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), Netherlandish, Brussels — Panel with grotesques, from a set of bed hangings
Cornelis Floris II
ca. 1550–60

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Standen, Edith Appleton. 1985. European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.