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Tapestry with shield-bearing satyrs and monogram SA of king Sigismund Augustus, ca. 1555. The Jagiellonian tapestries (Polish: Arrasy wawelskie), are a collection of tapestries woven in the Netherlands and Flanders, which originally consisted of 365 pieces assembled by the Jagiellons to decorate the interiors of the royal Wawel Castle in ...
The treaty sanctioned the return of Sigismund II Augustus’s tapestry collection, which had been looted during the third partition in 1795. The exhibition evokes the atmosphere of the Renaissance castle, splendidly bedecked with tapestries, as it would have been five centuries ago on festive occasions.
The poem interpreted the successes of Sigismund II, firstly, with the origins of his name from the ancient Roman princeps Octavianus Augustus, and secondly, by the King’s faithfulness to the Catholic Church.
- Magdalena Piwocka
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This – the biggest ever exhibition of the tapestries of Sigismund II Augustus in the museum’s history – will probably never be repeated. It’s an exciting, inspiring show that I guarantee you won’t forget.
Maria Hennel-Bernasikowa (Wawel Castle, Cracow) studies the Flemish tapestries assembled between 1550 and 1560 by Sigismund II Augustus of Poland. Based on reports and other documents, she demonstrates how these tapestries were used for a variety of Poland’s royal ceremonies including coronations, weddings, funerals, and other occasions, a ...
Oct 1, 2015 · The collection was dispersed after Sigismund’s death. Sigismund’s tapestry from Vilnius, flanked by Jagiellonian armorial tapestries from the Polish collection, is a rare wool and silk Flemish work of 1544-48, showing a coat of arms with the quarters of Lithuania, Poland and three smaller states.
Wawel Royal Castle – National Art Collection. This tapestry of a group of monogram grotesques with the initials of King Sigismund II Augustus placed under a crown in a decorative cartouche belongs to a series of seven drapes (door curtains). In four of them, the cartouche is accompanied by satyrs playing instruments while the other three ...
