Hercule (Héraclès/Hérakles) porte le ciel sur ses épaules. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (avant 1600) - Flandre, CA.1492-1542) (Designed after, attr.) [Peintre] Wezeler, Georg (Flamand, Act.1548) (atelier) [tisserand] c. 1530 dimensions de la tapisserie : H 11'3' x l 10'1' matériaux/techniques de la tapisserie : laine et soie ; fil métallique (or) ; fil métallique (argent) culture : Centre de tissage flamand : Bruxelles histoire de la propriété : fabriqué pour le roi Jean III du Portugal, peut-être avant 1543. Inventaire de Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventaire de Carlos III (1788). Inventaire de Fernando VII (1834). Inventaire de

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Hercules (Heracles/Herakles) carries heavens on his shoulders. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ca.1492-1542) (designed after, attr.) [painter] Wezeler, Georg (Flemish, act.1548) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1530 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'3" x W 10'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold); metallic thread (silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Made for King John III of Portugal, possibly before 1543. Inventory of Carlos II (1701-1703). Inventory of Carlos III (1788). Inventory of Fernando VII (1834). Inventory of "Las Tapicerías de la Corona" (1880). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.260-7592 (or, PN. S. 15/1). Inscriptions: Weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border banderole: MAGNA VIRTVS, SED / ALIENAE OBNOXIA Hercules in lion's skin [in place of Atlas] supports sphere [globe=heavens] (center), flanked by 2 women & cupid (L) & Mercury (Hermes) with Mars (Ares) & Venus (Aphrodite) (R), in sky representations of human destiny (L corner) & toil (R corner) (BRD) garland of flowers, fruit, birds & animals; (UPR BRD) sphere, inscription in banderole (center) 1st tapestry in set of 3. However, in the 1880 inventory of the royal tapestries, a 4th panel was listed entitled "Coriolanus before Rome with Veturia & Volumnia" that had the same borders & height (GCPA 0237667). New York (Met), Resplendence (1991), 55-67, no. 5 Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 100-103, series 15, panel no. 1 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:1 (1923), 146 Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), 418, 419 Soly, Charles V (1999) Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238366-0238368; stylistically similar tapestry (same borders), GCPA 0237667