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The beauty of Flemish tapestries.

From the 13th century till the 17th century, Flanders, Hainaut and Brabant were the epicentres of tapestry making. It were the most expensive pieces of art ( more expensive than paintings for example) from the Middle Ages till halfway the baroque period. They sometimes had silver or gold woven in it to give it more lustre. Initially only for sovereigns and the highest eclastical individuals, made on commission. The cartoons were originally made by the weavers, later by local artists, and later cartoons were sometimes made abroad and send to be woven in the workshops of the Southern Netherlands (read: Belgium and Northern France). Cities of tapestry making were among others. Atrecht (Arras : in italian tapestry are arazzi), Bruges, Tournai, Edingen, Oudenaarde, Geraardsbergen, Brussels. Even though Flanders was only one of the counties of the Southern Netherlands, the concept of Flemishis apllied to a wider area were Flemish culture was spread.

After Louis XIV broke the monopolies of the workshops in the Southern Netherlands after conquering territorirs during the Wars of the Spanish Succession, he brought over weavers from those lands and the Manufacture des Gobelins near Paris was being established, since then the French created their own style of tapestries, along with a reviving of a production in Aubusson, were flemish weaving techniques were already introduced during the 14th century and a small regional production was already established for wall and floor tapestry and for upholstery.

Many tapestries located in the areas conquered by the French Revolutionist mobs were burned in an attempt to retrieve the silver and gold ... resulting in the fact there are seemingly more surviving flemish (and french) tapestries to be found in England, Spain or Italy.

But the tapestries in this post, these are on display in the Castle of Gaasbeek, located south west of Brussels. They belong to a collection that was established during the 19th century.

One of the series of tapestries in the castle are the so-called Carrabara or Gypsy Suite dates from the Tournai studio of Arnould Poissonier and dates from ca. 1500-1525.

During the Flemish Renaissance period (sixteenth century), Tournai was one of the most important centers for tapestry production. People mainly wove with wool and silk. Typical details are the strongly defined folds in the clothing and the grass tufts that protrude everywhere in the landscape. Tournai carpets were known for their intense, contrasting colours. This is still noticeable, although the colors have faded. For example, the yellow has almost disappeared, making the green – which consists of a mixture of blue and yellow – increasingly bluer.

Gypsies used to be very distrusted, as a strange people of musicians, dancers and fortune tellers, but at the same time they were fascinating because of their unclear origins and their colorful customs. So ideal inspiration to make a tapestry about, as a conversation piece.

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by Johnny Cooman on Flickr.Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium.

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Le musée d'Amsterdam a dévoilé sa récente acquisition du Porte-Étendard, tableau de 1636, que le musée du Louvre n'avait pas les moyens d'acquérir.

Le Rijksmuseum Amsterdam a dévoilé jeudi sa récente acquisition du Porte-Étendard de Rembrandt, disputé un temps entre Paris et La Haye avant d'être acheté pour 175 millions d'euros par les Pays-Bas. Anciennement propriété de la famille Rothschild, le tableau datant de 1636 avait été déclaré «Trésor National» par la France lorsqu'il a été mis en vente et donc soumis à une interdiction d'exportation.

Mais le Louvre a renoncé à son droit d'achat, faute d'avoir pu réunir les fonds suffisants. Il a ensuite été acquis début 2022 par le Rijksmuseum. L'État néerlandais a participé à l'achat à hauteur de 150 millions d'euros, la Fondation Rembrandt et le Fonds du Rijksmuseum ayant respectivement contribué à hauteur de quinze et dix millions d'euros.

L'œuvre était depuis plusieurs siècles entre les mains de collectionneurs privés, dont la famille Rothschild qui en était propriétaire depuis 1844.

C'est une fête. Ce n'est pas un retour aux sources, c'est vraiment la pendaison de crémaillère pour Rembrandt qui rentre à la maison après près de 400 ans», a déclaré Taco Dibbits, directeur du Rijksmuseum, au moment de l'installation du Porte-Étendard dans le musée d'Amsterdam.

L'autoportrait du maître, qu'il a peint lorsqu'il avait trente ans, le montre en uniforme de milice, et est accroché aux côtés de sa célèbre La Ronde de nuit dans la galerie d'honneur du Rijksmuseum.

Le Parlement néerlandais a approuvé l'achat du tableau en janvier 2022. La plupart des groupes politiques ont estimé, à l'instar du gouvernement, que le tableau est un ajout précieux à la collection d'art public des Pays-Bas. Mais plusieurs partis ont émis des réserves liées au moment de l'achat, alors que de nombreux acteurs du secteur culturel souffraient des mesures sanitaires.

Considéré par le gouvernement néerlandais comme «l'un des chefs-d'œuvre absolus de Rembrandt» et «inextricablement lié à l'histoire des Pays-Bas», le tableau, avant de rejoindre le Rijksmuseum, a été prêté au cours de ces douze derniers mois à plusieurs musées des Pays-Bas.

Le Figaro Littéraire

Rembrandt : autoportrait du Maître le représentant en Porte-étendard de la Milice hollandaise (détail)

1636, huile sur toile, 118,8 x 96,8 cm. ️ Rijksmuseum

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#Mittelalterlicher #Country #Folk, #Duo #Dulcimus, #Blues, #Mountain #Dulcimer, #Martin #Oesterle, #Andreas #Schubert, #Kunigunde von #Klopfenstein, Ritterspiele in Pfullendorf, Turnierkämpfer zu Pferd, Vollkontakt Kämpfe, das Mittelalter in Pfullendorf, BauFachForum, Baulexikon Wilfried Berger.

Link zum Video: Duo Dulcimus in Pfullendorf bei den Ritterspielen.

Link zur Bilddatei vom BauFachForum: https://www.baufachforum.de/galerie/ritterspiele-in-pfullendorf-feuer-ritter-pferde/

Link zur Musikschule von Martin Oesterle:

www.Dulcimerschule.de,  

Link zum Musikshop von Martin Oesterle:

www.Dulcimerschop.de

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The Roof by Hans Georg Fischer Via Flickr: City Pavilion - Het Stadshal van Gent - Designed by the architects Robbrecht & Daem / Marie-José Van Hee 1996-2012 (actually I don't know why it took so long...)

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Gent (2018)

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by Johnny Cooman on Flickr.Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium.

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by Johnny Cooman on Flickr.Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium.

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Another view from the beautiful city of Ghent, Belgium

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by Johnny Cooman on Flickr.Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium.

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Another view from the beautiful city of Ghent, Belgium

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In the streets of Bruges in Flanders, Belgium.

Around 1000 AD the biggest city of Northern Europe. In the 15th century the main trading hub and cultural capital of Northern Europe; in this century Bruges was the capital of the Burgundian Empire, diamond cutting was invented here, but also the first Stock Exchange was here; on a square named Ter Beurse (leading to foreign words Bourse, Borsa, Bolsa for stock exchange.) And also in this city was organised at that time, for the first time a "loterije" , a public lottery.... a city full of history, so wel preserved the entire medieval city is a Unesco World Heritage- site.

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Another view from the beautiful city of Ghent, Belgium

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by Johnny Cooman on Flickr.Ooidonk Castle is a castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium.

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Another view from the beautiful city of Ghent, Belgium

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Another view from the beautiful city of Ghent, Belgium