tapestry workshop of Anoniem Zuidelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio) ca. 1700 after design of Jacques Jordaens

tapestry workshop of <a class="recordlink artists" href="/explore/artists/1984" title="Anoniem"><span class="text">Anoniem</span></a> <a class="thesaurus" href="/en/explore/thesaurus?term=29961&domain=PLAATS" title="Zuidelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)" >Zuidelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)</a> ca. 1700 after design of <a class="recordlink artists" href="/explore/artists/42880" title="Jacques Jordaens"><span class="text">Jacques Jordaens</span></a>

Illustration number 0000356351
Dimensions: 2067x2756 pixels
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Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

part of a series

tapestry workshop of Anoniem, Reeks wandtapijten met de Geschiedenis van Alexander de Grote

Reeks met de Geschiedenis van Alexander de Grote

Support/medium

woven (technique)

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (landscape format) 375 x 550 cm

Current attribution: tapestry workshop of Anoniem (Zuidelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio)) ca. 1700
: after design of Jacques Jordaens

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1700 (1699 - 1701)
Created in: Southern Netherlands (hist. region)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De vrouw van Spitamenes geeft Alexander de Grote het afgehakte hoofd van haar echtgenoot
English title: The wife of Spitamenes presents Alexander the Great with the severed head of her husband
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: history (genre), woman, soldier, severed head, eagle, pulled-aside curtain/drapery, tent, decorative frame, festoon (motif), festoon (motif), panoply (weapons), flower piece
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)47
Alexander has Spitamenes' wife, who came to bring him the severed head of her husband, expelled from the camp

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Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

after design by
attributed to Jacques Jordaens
naar ontwerp uit ca. 1626
other version of
tapestry workshop of Andries van den Driessche, De vrouw van Spitamenes geeft Alexander de Grote het afgehakte hoofd van haar echtgenoot

Provenance

Collection(s): Galleria Alberoni, Piacenza

Exhibitions and literature

Literature

Nelson 1998 , p. 58, 68, afb. 11 , dit exemplaar

D. Gasparotto, Il Collegio Alberoni di Piacenza, Piacenza, Milaan 2003, p. 70

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, Original location BD/RKD/0297 - ONK/Tapestries (img.nr. 0000356351)

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Creation date: 2013-03-26; Last modified date: 2020-01-23

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