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Religious Tapestries from Flemish Culture

Detailed Flemish tapestries depicting biblical scenes such as the Ascension of Christ and the Crucifixion, featuring rich colors and intricate designs.

Ascension. unknown c. 1550 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Christ, surrounded by radiant light, ascends into heaven while apostles sit at table; angels in sky (Mark 16:14-19) (BRD) twisting garlands of foliage & grapes No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig.379 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239261-0239264
Ascension. unknown c. 1550 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Christ, surrounded by radiant light, ascends into heaven while apostles sit at table; angels in sky (Mark 16:14-19) (BRD) twisting garlands of foliage & grapes No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), fig.379 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239261-0239264
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Panel from a Saints' Calendar (painted on both sides) Russian Painter Russian. Panel from a Saints' Calendar (painted on both sides) 437557The monument of King Edward II, in the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, 1787.Artist: GoldarChrist with the crown of thorns, stained glass window by craftsman Dirk. Pietersz Crabeth (1501-1574) was a Dutch Renaissance glass painter, tapestry designer and cartographer. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese 'martyrs' at between 130,000 and 300,000. The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupings, those of the Dominican and Jesuit missionary era of the 17th century, those killed in the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century, and those martyred during the Communist purges of the 20th century.The Jew ". Faust, n ° 8." No you will not pray! "Photography of Jules Alexandre Marinier. Transparent stereoscopic view colored with pin holes on albumin paper. Before 1876. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99955-8 Opera, representation, stereo, stereoscopic view, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, sceneThusnelda at the Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome ca. 1875 Karl Theodor von Piloty German. Thusnelda at the Triumphal Entry of Germanicus into Rome 437295st, new market - Capuchin Church - Pietà - Interior view, Bruno Reiffenstein -, photographerClinic Corachán de Barcelona (chapel): mural painting with the scene of the Nativity. Author: JOSEP MOMPOU.The resurrection, vintage engraved illustration.Meeting of Abraham Melchizedek. unknown c. 1590 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Oudenaarde Ownership History: Cathedral of Burgos, Spain (). French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard location unknown; not visible in photograph In landscape, Melchizedek, high priest & king of Salem, brings bread & wine, & blesses Abraham; Abraham gives Melchizedek tenth of booty he has recovered (Genesis 14:18-20) (BRD) narrow floral motif frames central border; (L & R BRD) "creation border" with landscape, buildings & various animals; (UPR BRD) various birds in sky with clouds; (LWR BRD) figures in boats fishing with tridents, various fish & sea-monsters No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock numberESCENAS DE LA VIDA DE LA VIRGEN S XV. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.Photograph of a fragment of the altar retabulum wing from Chełmiec with the representation of the Mother of God and Saint. John of the Crucifixion stage. unknownBody of JOSEPH II, 1741-90 Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, died 20 February 1790, 18th century engraving