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Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor
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The Triumph of the Church over Ignorance and Blindness (detail)
From a twenty-piece set of the Triumph of the Eucharist
Design by Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1626–28
Woven in the workshop of Jan Raes II, Brussels, ca. 1626–33
Wool and silk; 16 ft. 1 in. x 24 ft. 8 in. (490 x 752 cm)
Brussels mark in bottom selvage at far right; weaver's name IAN.RAES.F. in bottom selvage at right; inscribed ECCLESIAE TRIUMPHUS in central cartouche
Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid (TA-D/3 00610325)
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