"King’s Tapestries"

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16 March 2021

Conservation needles are seen at the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531724

16 March 2021

Samples of the coloration of the conservation materials are presented at the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531722

16 March 2021

A partially damaged tapestry is shown during the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531720

16 March 2021

A partially damaged tapestry is shown during the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531718

16 March 2021

A partially damaged tapestry is shown during the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531716

16 March 2021

The major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' is presented at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531714

16 March 2021

Andrzej Betlej, the directior of the Wawel Royal Castle, gives a speech during the major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921'. Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531712

16 March 2021

The major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' is presented at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#6531710

16 March 2021

The major exhibition 'All the King’s Tapestries: Homecomings 2021-1961-1921' is presented at the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland on March 16, 2021. For the first time all 137 of the royal tapestries from the collection of King Sigismund II Augustus that are preserved in Poland are now open for viewers for six months.Tapestries from the leading Brussels’ workshops in the mid-1500s, range from monumental figurative textiles with biblical scenes, through verdures depicting animals and armorial tapestries, to small tapestries meant to cover furniture.

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#2645608

30 April 2018

Dining Room at the Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan, Italy, on 30 April, 2018. The wall covering in this room is made up of four large panels derived from a pair of tapestries, woven in Brussels around 1570, depicting the life of the Persian king, Cyrus. The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum’s collections principally contain Italian Renaissance decorative arts some sculptures. European Renaissance weapons, armor, clocks and a few textiles and scientific complete the collection assembled by the Barons Bagatti Valsecchi, and displayed in their home, as per their wishes.

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