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Jul 16, 2023 · The tapestry collection of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund Augustus (1544/1548–1572), distinguished for its highest level of artistry, historical significance, unparalleled scope of an artistic project realised by one client, legendary material value and turbulent destiny is truly a diamond in the context of European art collections.
This article is dedicated to the analysis of the tapestry collection of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Sigismund Augustus - a collection that played an important role in the representational life of the rulers and which both his contemporaries and today's art textile researchers agree was one of the most stylish and opulent in all of Europe. The main focus of this research is ...
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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. It also honours Sigismund’s tapestry ...
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 ...
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Oleksii Rudenko. 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 first time is noted in the second Vienna 1560 edition of ‘Confessio fidei’, written by Polish bishop and later – a Cardinal ...
Apr 20, 2023 · A tapestry collection of Sigismund Augustus, a 16-century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, has been brought from the Royal Castle of Wawel in Krakow to Vilnius for an exhibition at the Palace of the Grand Dukes. This is one of the most complex and expensive exhibitions in the history of Lithuanian museology, the museum said on ...
