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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 ...
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 ...
A symbolic return of Sigismund Augustus’s tapestries to the Wawel Castle exhibition has been planned for 2021 intentionally, on the crucial anniversaries of two earlier homecomings. On March 18, 1961, an important display of the royal tapestries was held in the castle chambers to celebrate their return from Canada, where they had found ...
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This symbolic return of Sigismund II Augustus’s collection to the walls of Wawel Castle in 2021 coincides with the exact anniversaries of two earlier homecomings. The first, which took place sixty years ago, ended the decades-long odyssey begun with the tapestries’ dramatic evacuation from Wawel in the first days of World War II.
Commissioned by Sigismund II Augustus (r. 1548–1572), the tapestries were woven in 1550–1560 in Brussels, then the leading center for European tapestry production. It was the largest group of tapestries ever executed as a single commission and remains one of the most significant collections of its kind in the world.
The crimson background of the entire composition is the same as in other heraldic and monogram tapestries of Sigismund II Augustus. Just as in the case of the large tapestries with grotesques (inv. no. 91–103), the King’s monogram identifies the owner and is an element of royal dignity, present in the interiors of the royal castle.
May 10, 2023 · On May 3, in the National Museum of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, the exhibition “Sigismund August’s Tapestries in Vilnius” was opened. The exhibition, described as the biggest event in the history of Lithuanian museology, will be on display in Vilnius for only two and a half months. Presidents Andrzej Duda and […]
