2004-2005

Newly Posted (Fall/Winter 2005-2006)

Delmarcel, Guy, 'La collection de tapisseries de la reine Isabelle de Castille (1451-1504). Quelques réflexions critiques', in: El arte en la Corte de los Reyes Catolicos. Rutas artisticas a principios de la Edad moderna, ed. by Fernando Checa and Bernardo J. Garcia Garcia, Madrid (Fundacion Carlos de Amberes/Fernando Villaverde ediciones) 2005: 287-304. (ISBN 84- 87369-35-9)

de Reyniès, Nicole and Sylvain Laveissière, Isaac Moillon 1614-1673. Un peintre du Roi à Aubusson, Paris/Aubusson (Somogy Éditions d'Art/Musée départemental de la tapisserie) 2005.
See review on SWT

Herrero Carretero, Concha, 'Tapices de devocion de Juana de Castilla (1479-1555)', in: El arte en la Corte de los Reyes Catolicos. Rutas artisticas a principios de la Edad moderna, ed. by Fernando Checa and Bernardo J. Garcia Garcia, Madrid (Fundacion Carlos de Amberes/Fernando Villaverde ediciones) 2005: 305-330. (ISBN 84- 87369-35-9)

Jordan Gschwend, Annemarie, 'The manufacture and marketing of Flemish tapestries in mid-sixteenth century Brussels. Two Habsburg patrons and collectors: Mary of Hungary and Catherine of Austria', in: Ao Modo da Flandes. Disponibilidade, inovaçâo e mercado de arte na época dos descobrimentos (1415-1580). Actas do congresso internacional celebrado em a reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa (11-13 de abril de 2005), ed. by Bernardo J. Garcia Garcia & Fernando Grillo, Madrid (Fernando Villaverde Ediciones) 2005: 91-113 (ISBN: 84-87369-36-7).

Patrizi, Florence, ‘Sémiramis: la tenture anversoise du cardinal Flavio Chigi (vers 1652-1660)’, Antologia di belle arti. Studi romani. I, nuova serie 67-70, 2004 [2005]: 22-38.

Reconstruction of this series, designed by Abraham van Diepenbeeck and woven at the Wauters workshop in Antwerp, preserved at the Capitoline Museum in Rome and in a private collection, and comparison with other sets i.a. now in Rimini. Considerations about its iconography. [GD]

Patrizi, Florence, ‘Il festino degli dei. Arazzi e banchetti nell’età barocca’, in: I Fasti del Banchetto barocco, ed. by June di Schino, (Diomeda. Centro Studi, Ricerche e Porgettazione), Rome, 2005: 9-25.

Ramirez, Victoria, ‘Tapices de los siglos XV y XVI en el Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas’, in: Catalogo Oficial de la XXIX Feria internacional de arte y antiguedades Madrid, 19-27 November, Madrid 2005: 23-38 (text in Spanish and English, with bibliography; ISBN 84-82153-28-5).

The “XXIX Feria internacional de Arte y Antiguedades de Madrid” houses a monographic exhibition of some important ancient tapestries from the large collection at the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid. Four tapestries from the Southern Netherlands, woven in the period 1490-1550, are on view: a Royal Wedding, a Nativity and adoration of the Shepherds, the Ointment of Saul (from the series in Cuenca), and above all, for the first time, the Vision of Ezekiel, recently bought by the Spanish government from a noble Spanish family where the tapestry was preserved since the 19th century. It has been made for the ‘letto da paramento’ of Pope Leo X around 1520. The cartoon, attributed to Tommaso Vincidor is preserved at Boughton House. The tapestry itself, woven by Pieter van Aelst in Brussels, was thought to be lost. [GD]

Smit, Hillie, 'Zeventiende-eeuwse wandtapijten uit een schildersatelier rond 1900', Kunstlicht 26, 3/4 (2005): 22-27.

Szmydki, Ryszard, 'La tenture de l'Histoire de Josué de Vienne et les tapissiers bruxellois Dermoyen', Artibus et Historiae 52 (2005): 93-111.
See summary on Artibus et Historiae web site

Don Quijote. Tapices españoles del siglo XVIII/18th century Spanish tapestries, exh. cat. (Dallas: Meadows Museum/Toledo: Museo de Santa Cruz) 2005-2006.

>> K. Brosens, 'Don Quixote and Co. European Markets for Eighteenth-Century Tapestry', 151-182.

>> C. Herrero Carretero, 'The Image of Don Quixote in Enlightenment Tapestries', 183-218.

>> C. Herrero Carretero, 'Philip V and The Fantastic Adventures of Don Quixote. The Royal Spanish Tapestry Factory of Madrid and the Spanish Crown Collection', 219-254.

Articles and Books

Arminjon, Catherine, 'Les saints de choeur. Tentures médiévales et Renaissance', L' Estampille-l'Objet d'Art 392 (June 2004): 60-69.

Bapasola, Jeri, Threads of History. The Tapestries at Blenheim Palace, Oxford, 2005. Order via: buying@blenheimpalace.com or ian@lightmoor.co.uk

Bertrand, Pascal-François, Les tapisseries des Barberini et la décoration d'intérieur dans la Rome baroque, Studies in Western Tapestry, vol. 2, G. Delmarcel and K. Brosens (eds), Turnhout (Brepols) 2005. (ISBN 2-503-51668-8; 343p., 153 b/w ill., hardback)

Brosens, Koenraad, A Contextual Study of Brussels Tapestry, 1670-1770. The Dye Works and Tapestry Workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747), Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, Nieuwe Reeks, vol. 13, Brussels 2004. (562 pages; ISBN 90-6569-928-7)

>> A first concise study of late seventeenth and eighteenth-century Brussels tapestry; focuses on the pivotal role played by the dyer Urbanus Leyniers who established a new tapestry workshop in 1712. Analysis of traditional and contemporary production models and sales catalogues; survey of Brussels landscape and history painting c.1670-1770. New archival data on life and work of numerous tapestry producers and designers.
review by Schmitz-von Ledebur

Brosens, Koenraad, 'The Duke of Arenberg's Brussels Chinoiserie Tapestries by Judocus de Vos', Filo Forme 4, no. 9 (Spring 2004): 3-6.

Brosens, Koenraad, 'The organisation of seventeenth-century tapestry production in Brussels and Paris. A comparative view', De Zeventiende Eeuw 20, 2 (2004): 264-284.

Brosens, Koenraad, 'The Maîtres et Marchands Tapissiers of the Rue de la Verrerie: Marketing Flemish and French Tapestry in Paris around 1725', Studies in the Decorative Arts XII, 2 (Spring-Summer 2005): 2-25.

Brosens, Koenraad, 'The 'Story of Psyche' in Brussels tapestry c.1700: new information on Jan van Orley, Jan-Baptist Vermillion and Victor Janssens', The Burlington Magazine CXLVII (June 2005): 401-406.

Campbell, Thomas P., 'New evidence on ‘Triumphs of Petrarch’ tapestries in the early sixteenth century. Part I: the French court', The Burlington Magazine CXLVI (June 2004): 376-385.

Campbell, Thomas P., 'New evidence on 'Triumph of Petrarch' tapestries in the early sixteenth century. Part II: the English court', The Burlington Magazine CXLVI (September 2004): 602-608.

Carruthers, Annette, 'Symbolism and politics in Morris & Co. tapestries from Melsetter House, Orkney', The Burlington Magazine CXLVII (June 2005): 383-389.

Coquery, Emmanuel, 'La tenture de l'Histoire de sainte Ursule d'après Michel Corneille', in Objets d'art. Mélanges en l'honneur de Daniel Alcouffe, Dijon (Faton) 2004: 162-69.

Delmarcel, Guy, 'Saint Paul before Porcius Festus, King Herod Agrippa and His Sister Berenice. A Flemish Renaissance Tapestry by Pieter Coecke van Aelst', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 78, nos 1-2 (2004): 18–29.

De Meûter, Ingrid, 'Taferelen uit het leven van de Macedonische vorst Alexander, een nieuw depot in de K.M.K.G.', Bulletin des Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire 72 (2001) [published 2004]: 103-120.

De Meûter, Ingrid, 'L'oeuvre reconstitué du peintre anversois Pieter Spierinckx (1635-1711), créateur de cartons de tapisserie', Bulletin des Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire 72 (2001) [published 2004]: 121-152.

Forti Grazzini, Nello, 'Gli arazzi di Palazzo Clerici', in: Marina Mojana (ed.), Palazzo Clerici, la proiezione internazionale di Milano, privately printed by ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), Milano 2004: 159-179.

Forti Grazzini, Nello, 'Arazzi', in Rosanna Pavoni (ed.), Musei e Gallerie di Milano. Museo Bagatti Valsecchi. Tomo secondo, Milano (Electa) 2004: 599-613.

García Calvo, Margarita, 'Colección de tapices de la Catedral de Sigüenza,' Goya 301-302 (July-October 2004): 215-228.

>> The Cathedral of Sigüenza (Guadalajara) houses sixteen Brussels tapestries: the Story of Romulus and Remus (8) and Allegories of Palas Atenea (8). The pieces were woven by Le Clerc and Eggermans; they were donated by D. Andrés Bravo de Salamanca prior to or in 1664.

González-Palacios, Alvar, 'The Furnishing of the King of Naple's Hunting Lodge at Carditello', The Burlington Magazine CXLVI (October 2004): 683-690.

>> The Life of Henri IV after designs by Fischetti; produced by Pietro and Giovanni Duranti at the Real Arazzeria.

Harper, James G., 'Pietro Lucatelli, Pietro da Cortona, and the Arazzeria Barberini: Three New Attributions', Studies in the Decorative Arts XII, 2 (Spring-Summer 2005): 26-59.

Hartkamp-Jonxis, Ebeltje and Hillie Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, vol. 5, Amsterdam/Zwolle (Waanders Publishers/Rijksmuseum) 2004. (463 pages; ISBN 90-400-8782-2) €180

>> The eagerly awaited catalogue of the vast Amsterdam collection. 124 scholarly entries, several of which including a number of tapestries; all pieces are reproduced in colour; much comparative material; 140 black/white illustrations; essays on the History of the collection, Tapestries from the Northern Netherlands, and Floral table carpets. An indispensable tool for tapestry scholars.
reviews by Bremer-David, Brosens, Schmitz-von Ledebur, De Meûter

Herrero Carretero, Concha, ‘La Fortaleza. Cortina de la Colgadura del Dormitorio de Carlos III en el Palacio Nuevo de Madrid,’ Reales Sitios XLI, 161 (3e trimestre 2004): 24-35.

Herrero Carretero, Concha, Tapices de Isabel la Católica. Origen de la colección real española, Madrid (Patrimonio Nacional) 2004. (ISBN 84-7120-380-4)

Joubert, Fabienne, 'La tapisserie du miracle de saint Quentin au musée du Louvre, un ex-voto commandé par Louis XI au jeune Josse Lieferinxe?', Revue de l'Art 147, 1 (2005): 29-44.

Mabille, Gérard, 'Le grand buffet d'argenterie de Louis XIV et la tenture des Maisons royales', in Objets d'art. Mélanges en l'honneur de Daniel Alcouffe, Dijon (Faton) 2004: 181-91.

Mankin, Urve, Tallinn rae piltvaibad. Tallinn Town Council’s Tapestries, Tallinna (Linna muuseum) 2004. (31 pages; ISBN 9949-10-398-3)

Meoni, Lucia, 'Un arazzo della "favola di Giasone" tessuto a Firenze per il conte Alfonso I Gonzaga di Novellara', Filo Forme 4, no. 9 (Spring 2004): 13-19.

Nassieu Maupas, Audrey, ‘La Vie de saint Jean-Baptiste d’Angers et la production de tapisserie à Paris dans la première moitié du XVIe siècle’, Revue de l’Art 145, 3 (2004): 41-53.

Nilsén, Anna, The Lady with the Unicorn- a Lady of her Time (Runica et Mediaevalia, Lectiones 3), Stockholm 2004. (39 pages; ISBN 91-88568-229)

Noldus, Badeloch, Trade in Good Taste. Relations in architecture and culture between the Dutch Republic and the Baltic world in the seventeenth century, Architectura Moderna, vol. 2, Turnhout (Brepols) 2004. (ISBN 2-503-51489-8; 217 p.) [Includes information on Peter Spierinck, son of François Spierinck; a portrait is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.]

Quinci, Katiuscia, 'Enea come 'speculum principis' in un salone di Palazzo Doria', Ricerche di storia dell'arte 82-83 (2004): 87-166.

>> Article on the iconography of Andrea Doria's now lost Aeneas tapestries after designs by Perino del Vaga. Replicas in Milan (Castello Sforzesco), Vienna (Angewandte Kunst), and Palermo (Villa Whitaker). [Nello Forti Grazzini]

Samaniego Hidalgo, Santiago, Tapices flamencos de la Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca (Grupo Promotor Salmantino) 2002. (196 pp.)

>> Life of Zenobia and Aurelainus, by Hoebraken, woven in the Wauters workshop (Antwerp), ca. 1650.

Scarazzolo, Michela, 'La raccolta di arazzi della Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro di Venezia', Filo Forme 4, no. 9 (Spring 2004): 7-12.

>> a.o. Story of Esther (Brussels, early 16th century); Story of Noah (Brussels, late 16th century); Bathsheba and Nathan before David (Brussels, Jan de Buck, ca. 1570); Atalanta and Hippomenes (Brussels, late 16th century).

Vittet, Jean, 'Les tapisseries de Michel Particelli d'Hémery et de son gendre Louis Phélypeaux de La Vrillière', in Objets d'art. Mélanges en l'honneur de Daniel Alcouffe, Dijon (Faton) 2004: 170-79.

Weigert, Laura, Weaving Sacred Stories. French Choir Tapestries and the Performance of Clerical Identity, Ithaca (Cornell University Press) 2004. (ISBN 0-8014-4008-4)

Zanni, Annalisa (ed.), Le imprese tessute di Amadigi di Gaula. Due arazzi del Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan (Museo Poldi Pezzoli/Silvia Editrice) 2005. (ISBN 88-88250-26-3)

>> Nello Forti Grazzini, 'Gli arazzi delle Storie di Amadigi di Gaula nel Museo Poldi Pezzoli', 17-50.

Book and exhibition reviews

Bremer-David, Charissa, review of: E. Hartkamp-Jonxis and H. Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, vol. 5, Amsterdam/Zwolle (Waanders Publishers/Rijksmuseum) 2004, in: The Burlington Magazine CXLVII (June 2005): 409-411.

Brosens, Koenraad, review of: Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis and Hillie Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, vol. 5, Amsterdam/Zwolle (Waanders Publishers/Rijksmuseum) 2004, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts 13, 1 (Fall-Winter 2005-2006): 122-125.

De Meûter, Ingrid, review of: Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis and Hillie Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, vol. 5, Amsterdam/Zwolle (Waanders Publishers/Rijksmuseum) 2004, in: Oud Holland 118, 3/4 (2005): 223-225.

Schmitz-von Ledebur, Katja, Rezension von: Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis and Hillie Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, vol. 5, Amsterdam/Zwolle (Waanders Publishers/Rijksmuseum) 2004, in: Sehepunkte 5 (2005), nr. 11. Also in: Kunstform 6 (2005), nr. 11. read online

Kraatz, Anne, review of: Guy Delmarcel (ed.), Flemish Tapestry Weavers Abroad. Emigration and the Founding of Manufactories in Europe. Proceedings of the international conference Mechelen, 2-3 October 2000 (Symbolae. Facultatis Litterarum Lovaniensis, Series B, vol. 27), Leuven (University Press) 2002, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts XI, no.2 (Spring-Summer 2004): 128-130.

Nelson, Kristi, review of: Koenraad Brosens (ed.), Flemish Tapestry in European and American Collections. Studies in Honour of Guy Delmarcel (Studies in Western Tapestry, 1), Turnhout (Brepols) 2003, in: Historians of Netherlandish Art. Review of Books

Schmitz-von Ledebur, Katja, review of: K. Brosens, A Contextual Study of Brussels Tapestry, 1670-1770. The Dye Works and Tapestry Workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747), Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, vol. 13, Brussels 2004, in: Studies in the Decorative Arts 13, 1 (Fall-Winter 2005-2006): 120-122.

Exhibition catalogues

Paris 2004-2005
Primatice, maître de Fontainebleau, exh. cat. (Paris, Louvre), Paris 2004. (528 p.; ISBN 2-7118-4772-1)

[Pascal-François Bertrand:]
>> p. 76-81: la tenture de Scipion, 1532-35, un dessin de Giulio Romano et un grand carton à la détrempe (Les licteurs et les musiciens du triomphe de Scipion), un fragment d'un autre carton et une gravure.
>> p. 95-103: la galerie François Ier à Fontainebleau.
>> p. 101-103: la tapisserie de Danaé, dite tissée par Jean et Pierre Le Bries sur un carton de Claude Badouin, d'après Primatice et Rosso (notice par Katia Schmitz-von Ledebur).
>> p. 412-419: la tenture des Dieux arabesques, vers 1557-59. Sous cette nouvelle appellation (non justifiée), on trouve les quatre pièces à grotesques connues attribuées à Fontainebleau ou à Paris. Les auteurs de la notice (Danièle Véron-Denise et Jean Vittet) proposent d'attribuer les modèles à Ruggiero de'Ruggieri.

Sao Paulo/Curitiba/Porto Alegre 2004
Françoise Barbe et Patrick Lemasson, A Arte da Tapeçaria. Coleçao do Petit Palais Paris, exh. cat. (Sao Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado/Curitiba, Museu Oscar Niemeyer/Porto Alegre, Museu do Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Lmalagoli) Sao Paulo 2004. (137 p.)

Les collections de la Ville de Paris, gérées par le Musée du Petit Palais, sont toujours restées un peu dans l’ombre d’institutions plus grandes et mieux connues de la capitale française. C'est aussi le cas pour les tapisseries qui furent toutefois publiées en 1948 par Juliette Niclausse. De grands travaux d’aménagements et de restaurations ont incité la direction d’organiser des expositions ambulantes de certaines parties de ce patrimoine, et ainsi 26 tapisseries circulent à présent dans des musées du Brésil. Le catalogue bilingue (texte principal en portugais, mais texte original français reproduit aussi intégralement à la fin du livre) est très soigné, et en plus de quelques introductions bien structurées il nous fait redécouvrir pas mal de pièces très intéressantes. En voici la liste:
>> Alexandre et Nicolas, vers 1480
>> Ulysse tuant le sanglier, Bruxelles vers 1600
>> Chasses de Maximilien, le Mois de Mars, Gobelins 1691-93
>> Didon et Enée surpris par l’orage, d’après M. Corneille(?), Paris vers 1650
>> Histoire d’Artémise: les Philosophes, Soldat portant une tourelle, Turin(?) après 1766
>> Décollation de St. Protais, d’après S. Bourdon, Galerie du Louvre, dès 1655
>> Histoire de Moïse: le Buisson ardent, le Serpent d’Airain, d’après Le Brun, Gobelins 1714-17
>> Le Manège: Balotades à gauche, un Turc, d’après Van Diepenbeeck, Anvers 1660-1680
>> Les jeux d’Enfants: Saute-Mouton, la Danse des enfants, d’après Corneille (?), Aubusson vers 1720
>> Les jeux d’Enfants: la Corde, Les Billes, d’après Damoiselet, Beauvais vers 1720
>> Ténières: le Retour de la Moisson, l’Hiver, Bruxelles vers 1740-60
>> Les jeux russiens: la Danse, la Chasse aux Oiseaux, d’après Le Prince, Beauvais 1769-93
>> Les Bohémiens: Campement, d’après Casanova, Beauvais dès 1777
>> Psyché conduite par Zéphyr dans le palais de l’Amour, d’après Boucher, Beauvais 1741-1778
>> Diane et Astrée endormies, d’après Deshays, Beauvais 1763-73
>> Pastorales à draperies bleues et arabesques, et Pastorales à palmiers, d’après Huet, Beauvais 1780-90

Malbork (Poland) 2004
Blask renesansu w sredniowiecznym zamku. The splendour of Renaissance in medieval castles. The applied and decorative art from the State Hermitage Museum in Sankt (sic) Petersburg, exh. cat. (Castle-Museum of Malbork, Poland) 2004. (ISBN 83-86206-76-4; 266 p.)

>> A selection of 25 tapestries from the Ermitage, late 15th to early 17th centuries. Including: Apostles Thomas and Mattheus (nr. 1; Basel, 15th c.); Deer Hunt (nr. 2; Strasbourg 15th c.), Virgin of the Sablon (nr.9; Brussels 1518); Story of Christ and Virgin Mary (nrs. 10-13; early 16th, choir tapestries from Clermont cathedral, arms of Amboise family); Ceres and Bacchus from the Seasons by Perino del Vaga (nrs. 16-17, Brussels mid 16th c.); Hercules and the Centaurs (nr.18; Brussels early 17th c., mark of Jan Raes, not Leyniers as stated); Hunting Scene (nr.22; definitley Bruges, late 16th c.); Life of Noah (nr. 24-25; Brussels, G. van Cortenbergh, early 17th c., simplified reedition of the Wawel set).

Berlin 2004
Don Quichotte und Ragotin. Zwei komische Helden in den preussischen Königsschlössern, exh. cat. (Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg), Berlin/Cologne 2004. (ISBN 3-8321-7427-3)

>> Considerable attention is paid to Charles Coypel's Don Quixote set; the catalogue includes some of the paintings and four pieces that are in Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg (Gobelins, Cozette 1774-76); two of Natoire's Don Quixote tapestries (Aix-en-Provence) are also included, as well as numerous engravings and cartoons. Articles by Suzanne Evers, ‘Die Geschichte der Don Quichotte-Tapisserien in Preussen’, and Johannes Hartau, ‘Zur Don Quichotte-Rezeption in der Kunst bis Coypel’ with comments and ill. of the English series by Francis Poyntz.

Middelburg 2004
C.A. van Swigchem, G. Ploos van Amstel, Zes unieke wandtapijten: strijd op de Zeeuwse stromen, 1572-1576, Zwolle (Waanders) 1991 [sic; 1991 publication serves as 'catalogue']. (160 pages; ISBN 90-6630-302-6)

Vienna 2004
W. Seipel (ed.), K. Schmitz-von Ledebur, Szenen aus dem Buch Tobias aus der Tapisseriensammlung des Kunsthistorisches Museum, exh. cat. (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum), Milan (Skira) 2004. (125 pages; ISBN 3-85497-083-8)

Back to top