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The original tapestry was woven in Brussels in the workshop of Jan van Tieghem circa 1550 by order of King Sigismund II Augustus. Our interpretation is offered in wool and cotton and depicts the numerous forest landscapes with animals such as swans, otters, and a crane.
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The original tapestry was woven in Brussels in the workshop of Jan van Tieghem cica 1550 by order of King Sigismund II Augustus.
Heraldic tapestries form a group of textiles bearing a meaning associated strictly with the state of Sigismund II Augustus. The king commissioned the whole series of fabrics which constituted an interpretation of his political agenda.
Sigismund II Augustus bequeathed his tapestry collection to the Polish Commonwealth; their massed display delighted Henri de Valois (future Henri III de France) at his 1573 coronation as Sigismund’s successor as (short-lived) King of Poland.
The masterpieces designed by the authors of cardboard paintings were created at the request of King Sigismund Augustus as part of a collection comprising approximately 160 tapestries intended for the decoration of the Wawel Royal Castle.
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Maria Hennel-Bernasikowa (Wawel Castle, Cracow) studies the Flemish tapestries assembled between 1550 and 1560 by Sigismund II Augustus of Poland.
