Las hazañas de un rey. Tapices flamencos del siglo XV en la colegiata de Pastrana
Battle scenes on the Moroccan coast: four Flemish tapestries from Pastrana
Plaza de los Caídos s/n
E-19001 Guadalajara
Spain
Venues
- Brussel (Brussels), Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis – Jubelparkmuseum (13 January-14 March 2010)
- Guadalajara, Museo de Guadalajara (26 March-6 June 2010)
After being exhibited in the Jubelparkmuseum in Brussels four exceptional tapestries that are normally to be seen in the museum of the parish church In Pastrana, Spain are now on show in the Museo de Guadalajara. In 2009 they have been restored in Belgium.
The late 15th-century tapestries from Tournai depict the military expeditions of the Portuguese king Alfonso V on the Moroccan coast.
The Fundación Carlos de Amberes in Madrid took the initiative for the restoration, which was undertaken by Koninklijke Manufactuur De Wit in Mechelen. It received support from the Belgian fund InBev-Baillet Latour and the Spanish Fundación Caja Madrid.
Co-organizers
Fundación Carlos de Amberes
Fonds Inbev-Baillet Latour
Fundación Caja Madrid
Diputación de Guadalajara
Junta de Castilla-La Mancha
Fundación Juan Entrecanales
Presidencia europea
Workshop of Passchier Grenier, The raid of Arcila, last quarter of the 15th century