Explore: Battle Of Pavia (tapestries)

The Battle of Pavia tapestries are a set of seven tapestries made from about 1528 to 1531 depicting events from the Battle of Pavia of 24 February 1525

The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–1526 between the Kingdom of France

for designs for tapestries and stained glass, also survive. He or his workshop would have produced full-scale cartoons for the tapestries, but these were

weaving of the Battle of Pavia tapestries in about 1528 to 1531. In this, they worked with Bernard van Orley. Jan and Willem also led the weaving of the Hunts

Graal tapestries are a set of six tapestries depicting scenes from the legend of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail. The tapestries were commissioned

thread used in the most expensive tapestries. Some famous designs, such as the Sistine Chapel tapestries and the Story of Abraham set probably first made

"The Battle of Pavia Tapestries and the Genius of Bernard Van Orley", in Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries, ed. Carmine Romano

At the same time, Leyva sortied from Pavia with what remained of the garrison. In the ensuing four-hour battle, the French heavy cavalry, which had proven

finished tapestry; he died at the Rectory at Exeter College on 23 March 1887. The Adoration proved the most popular of all Morris & Co. tapestries for both

obtained important successes such as the capture of the French King Francis I at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 and the resistance against the Ottoman Turks