![]() ![]() ^ "Caesar Embarks by Boat to Join His Army from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra".^ "Caesar Sends a Messenger to Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra".Women in the World of the Earliest Christians : Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life. European post-medieval tapestries and related hangings in the metropolitan. Eine neu entdeckte Zeichnung von Justus van Egmont. Flemish tapestry : from the 15th to the 18th century. De adellijke ambities van Justus van Egmont". "Van timmermanszoon tot schilder aan het hof. Family ties : art production and kinship patterns in the early modern Low Countries. ^ Brosens, Koenraad Kelchtermans, Leen van der Stighelen, Katlijne, eds.Tapestry in the Baroque : threads of splendor. European tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bertrand, Pascal-François (2008).Some of the borders on the tapestries are also identical to the borders in Peter Paul Ruben's tapestry series The Story of Constantine. They display signature characteristics of the style such as expressive facial expressions, monumental figures, and dramatic poses. The tapestries were designed in the Flemish High Baroque style. The subject matter of the tapestries demonstrates the interest in female historical figures during the 17th century. The series were commercially successfully, as evidenced by the multiple editions that were produced. The tapestries were commissioned and produced by several of the leading weaving workshops of the time, such as the Van Leefdael-Van der Strecken-Peemans association. Many of the tapestries in the original series were repeated compositions, with different captions to designate them as different scenes. The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra tapestries Multiple tapestry series telling her story were produced in Brussels and Antwerp. Zenobia was a well liked historical figure in the 17th century, and was the subject of several popular books. She went on a campaign of conquest but was defeated by Aurelian, a Roman emperor. Zenobia was the queen of Palmyra and claimed to be descended from Cleopatra and Mark Antony. There are eight designs linked to this series, commissioned by the workshop of Gerard Peemans. The Story of Zenobia and Aurelian, designed from 1664 to 1665. Cleopatra was a common tapestry subject as the Life of Antony in Plutarch's Parallel Lives had been translated and popularized in the 16th century. They were most likely commissioned by Jan van Leefdael and Gerard van der Streekan, and all the tapestries bear their, or their successors, signatures. The series has nine designs linked to it, identified by their inscriptions. ![]() The Story of Cleopatra (also sometimes referred to as the Story of Cleopatra and Antony), designed between 16 after van Egmont's return from France. Given the popularity of the subject, it was not a risk to create a tapestry series based on Caesar's life. Caesar was also the subject of several popular plays including Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, published in 1623. Caesar was one of the Nine Worthies historical figures who embodied the ideals of chivalry. Eight designs have been attributed to this series. The Story of Caesar, designed by van Egmont between 1651 and March 1659. The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra consists of fourteen tapestry designs taken from three different tapestry series: It was after returning to Antwerp around 1650 that he began to work on his own tapestry designs for the Van Leefdael-Van der Strecken-Peemans association. In 1648 he helped to found the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. Later that year he moved to Paris where he became a portrait painter for the House of Orleans. In 1628 he became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. While in Ruben's workshop van Egmont assisted with the Life of Marie de Medici. He then worked under Antony van Dyck, before moving to the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens. He trained in Antwerp under Gasper van der Hoecke. He was primarily a painter born in Leiden in 1601. Justus van Egmont designed all the tapestries in the series. Sketch for The Marriage of Zenobia and Odenatus tapestry by Justus van Egmont, c. ![]()
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