In 1716, the Viscounty of the Oudburg in Ghent commissioned a series of tapestries devoted to the Exaltation of the Gods. The Viscounty was a fief of the County of Flanders, located within the walls of the Counts’ Castle. Barely a year later, the tapestries were hung in the Castellany. The Oudburg arms appears in the middle of each tapestry. Oudburg College was closed down during the period of French revolutionary occupation and the Viscounty building was demolished. The series ended up in the Museum of Fine Art in 1904, having had several homes in the interim. The Exaltation of Diana pays tribute to the twin sister of Apollo and youngest daughter of Jupiter. She is both the Goddess of the Hunt and protectress of wild animals, while her virginity makes her the Goddess of Chastity and the counterpart of Venus. Diana lived in the forest and open fields with her devoted and equally virginal nymphs. The tapestry shows her enthroned beneath a canopy, resting after the hunt.
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Urbanus Leyniers
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Daniël II Leyniers
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Hendrik Reydams
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Jan van Orley
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Aurèle Augustin Coppens
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| Title | The Glorification of Diana |
| Date | 1717 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Collection | decorative arts (discipline) AAT |
| Object type | tapestries AAT |
| Inventory number | 1994-F-4 |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Stadhuis Ghent 1994 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1994-F-4 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3959/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F24(DEER)
hoofed animals: deer
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25F24(WILD BOAR) hoofed animals (WILD BOAR) Iconclass 25F36(SWAN) water-birds: swan Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A4231 canopy, baldachin Iconclass 43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass 43C1113 bird hunting Iconclass 43C1147 hunting dogs Iconclass 47H6 textile fabric, cloth Iconclass 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92C the great goddesses of Heaven, and their train Iconclass 92C3 (story of) Diana (Artemis) Iconclass 92C392 companions, nymphs of Diana; 'Ninfe di Diana' (Ripa) Iconclass 92L3 nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Rococo AAT |
| 'Tapijtwerkers en tapijtwerk te Gent', in: Duizend jaar kunst en cultuur / Erik Duverger. - Gent : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (dl. III, p. 550-557) |
| 'De triomf van Mars, een Brussels wandtapijt in de Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst / Ingrid De Meûter. - Brussel : [s.n.] : [s.a.] (p. 123-137) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 108 (ill. 50), 270) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 54-55 (ill.)) |
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