Wapentapijt van koning Willem III, stadhouder van de Nederlanden, en koningin Mary Stuart II

Jan Cobus, c. 1689 - c. 1694

Tapestry, probably after a design by Daniël Marot, 1689-1694. On the tapestry, in the centre, are the arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and the lion from the ancestral coat of arms of William III. Around this is the text 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' (Shamed be he who thinks evil of it), the motto of the Order of the Garter, England's foremost order of chivalry. Above the crown, borne by two mythological figures, is the monogram RWMR of the king and queen: Rex William and Mary Regina. The probable designer of the tapestry - Daniël Marot - was regularly commissioned as a court artist by William and Mary. When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Marot and thousands of other French Protestants fled to the Netherlands.

  • Artwork typetapestry
  • Object numberNG-519
  • Dimensionsheight 292 cm x width 244 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Wapentapijt van koning Willem III, stadhouder van de Nederlanden, en koningin Mary Stuart II

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-519

  • Description

    Wandtapijt van Willem III, koning-stadhouder (1650-1702), uit een serie van acht (type A, met de staande godenfiguren). Gemerkt met het stadswapen van Brussel en gesigneerd I. COBVS.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature: ‘I. COBUS’
    • inscription: ‘IE MAINTIENDRAY’
    • inscription: ‘HONI.SOIT.QUI MAL.Y.PENSE’
    • mark: ‘B B, waartussen een schild’

Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: Jan Cobus, Brussels
    • designer: attributed to Daniël Marot (I), The Hague
    • maker: Johannes Christoph Lotijn, The Hague

  • Dating

    c. 1689 - c. 1694

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 292 cm x width 244 cm

Explanatory note

  • Jeri Bapasola, Tapestry in the Baroque: threads of splendor, New York 2007, p. 494, fig. 220. Vermeldt en toont een identiek wandtapijt.

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Documentation

  • Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, 'Tapestries of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum : History of the Collection', Filo forme : Storia arte e restauro dei tessili 2 (2002), nr. 3, p. 20, 21, afb. 1.

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