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My article is devoted to the woodcut with the image of Polish King Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (1520-1572) and to the possible authorship of this early modern emblem. The composition for the ...
They say that King Sigismund II Augustus (Zygmunt August) had him summon the spirit of his beloved though prematurely deceased wife, Barbara Radziwiłłówna. The collection of tapestries from the unique collection of Sigismund II Augustus, made in Brussels in the mid-16th century, are the most valuable of all the works of art displayed here ...
Jul 16, 2023 · Sigismund Augustus’ tapestries were created in circa 1550–1560, meaning the collection was formed over the course of about ten years. The first two series of biblical tapestries were completed in 1553, when these sublime textiles decorated the halls of Wawel Castle on the occasion of Sigismund Augustus’ marriage to Catherine Habsburg, delighting and leaving the gathered guests in awe at ...
Mascarade à l'éléphant, also known as Elephant (387 x 640 cm. ; 152 x 252 in.), one of the Valois tapestries, 1580s. Though he was the arch-rival of the Habsburgs, Francis I of France commissioned tapestries from Brussels and Antwerp in the early years of his reign. [15] After the arrival of Primaticcio at Fontainebleau in 1532, it was to ...
May 10, 2023 · He recalled that the tapestries first decorated the Wawel Castle in Krakow on the occasion of the marriage of Sigismund II Augustus to Catherine of Habsburg in July 1553, but later witnessed the love that united Sigismund Augustus and Barbara Radziwillowna.
Jun 21, 2021 · Over a decade, between 1550 and 1560, he ordered from Brussels 160 magnificent tapestries to decorate the royal apartments of the castle. The first set of these – showing biblical scenes – was probably intended for the coronation of Sigismund’s second and much-loved wife, Barbara Radziwiłł, in December 1550. It was, however, not ...
Sigismund al II-lea August. Sigismund al II-lea August - în poloneză: Zygmunt II August; în lituaniană: Žygimantas III Augustas I - ( 1 august 1520 - 7 iulie 1572) a fost rege al Poloniei și Mare Duce al Lituaniei, fiind singurul fiu a lui Sigismund I cel Bătrân, acesta urmând-l pe tatăl său sub numele de Sigismund al II-lea, în 1548.
