Caption

Figural tapestry, Geubels, Franz 1535–1590 maker/workshop, battle scene depicting a victorious commander wearing a laurel crown seated on a dais surrounded by soldiers; in the foreground a kneeling group of delegates from a defeated city—one kneeling soldier points to the keys held by the lead delegate; men on wheels present keys to the leader; in the background an approaching army on horseback, city walls and gardens visible between trees, high horizon partially obscured by trees and mountains. No border border clipped in one variant. Limited, saturated palette; predominant colors green, red, sapphire also sand and yellow. Materials: tapestry decorative fabric, interior furnishing. Date: 2nd half of the 16th century. Origin: Flanders, Brussels. Dimensions: height 218 cm, width 295 cm., A large rectangular textile viewed from the back with a coarse mesh net overlaying a faded woven scene, bordered by a dark gray fabric trim; the top edge shows a lighter beige strip with several hanging loops in tan and green, and the lower right corner has a small pale rectangular patch. The visible colors include muted brown and tan from the mesh, faded greens, blues, reds, and yellows from the underlying woven imagery, and dark gray along the outer border.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_098

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Rights managed

Available size

76.4Mb (13.0Mb) / 20.0in x 14.8in / 6000 x 4448 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figural tapestry Geubels Franz 1535–1590 maker workshop battle scene depicting victorious commander wearing laurel crown seated dais surrounded soldiers foreground kneeling group delegates defeated city kneeling soldier points keys held lead delegate men wheels present keys leader background approaching army horseback city walls gardens visible trees high horizon partially obscured mountains No border border clipped variant Limited saturated palette predominant colors green red sapphire also sand yellow Materials tapestry decorative fabric interior furnishing Date 2nd half 16th century Origin Flanders Brussels Dimensions height 218 cm width 295 cm large rectangular textile viewed back coarse mesh net overlaying faded woven scene bordered dark gray fabric trim top edge lighter beige strip several hanging loops tan green lower right corner small pale rectangular patch visible colors include muted brown mesh faded greens blues reds yellows underlying woven imagery dark gray outer border.