The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 3 (of 3)

by Leonard Williams

(1) The History of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.

(2) The History of David.

(3) The Creation.

(4) An Historical Subject.

(5) The Theological and Cardinal Virtues.

(6) A series of five Gothic tapestries, which represent some mystery or allegory, and seem to be of Flemish manufacture. One other paño, of a similar character, accompanies them.

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FLEMISH TAPESTRY
(Late 15th Century. Collection of the late Count of Valencia de Don Juan)

All but the last of the above sets are marked with two B's separated by a shield, denoting Brussels workmanship. The Theological and Cardinal Virtues were presented to the cathedral about the end of the sixteenth century. They are evidently executed from Italian cartoons, and the haute-lisse craftsman who made them, in or towards the year 1571, was named Francis Greubels.[52]