tapestry with battle scene

tapestry with battle scene , 1600s

Where object was made: Brussels, Brabant (present-day Belgium)

Material/technique: wool; cotton; weaving

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 269.2 x 444.5 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 106 0.98399999999999 x 175 in

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Frederic James

Accession number: 1961.0028

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Exhibition Label: “Four Flemish Tapestries,” Dec-2009, Susan Earle
While tapestries were produced for both the church and the secular nobility, they conveyed great wealth and status in either setting. This piece demonstrates the popularity of battle scenes among early 17th-century Flemish weavers and their aristocratic patrons. Other tapestries depicting chaotic groups of struggling warriors were designed by prominent artists, such as Peter Paul Rubens, who created cartoons for a series of tapestries commissioned by Archduke Albert of Austria.