Dermoyen family
The Dermoyen family[a] included a number of prominent weavers and dealers of Brussels tapestry in the 1500s.[1]
Members
[edit]Jan[b] and Willem[c][2] were weavers of large tapestries, in some cases for royal and imperial courts.
Jan and Willem are credited with leading the weaving of the Battle of Pavia tapestries in about 1528 to 1531.[3][4][5] In this, they worked with Bernard van Orley.
Jan and Willem also led the weaving of the Hunts of Maximilian tapestries in about 1531 to 1533.[6]
Jan is credited as having led the weaving of the Story of Cyrus tapestries that are now in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ also referred to as van der Moyen, D'Armoyen, d'Armoyen, Moy, Moyen, or Moeyen
- ^ also referred to as Jan Moyen, Jan Moeyen, Jan van der Moyen, Jan D'Armoyen, Jan Dermoyen, and Jean Moeyen
- ^ also referred to as Willem Moy, Willem D'Armoyen, Gulliaume Dermoyen, Guillame Moeyen, Guillaume Moyen, Willem van der Moyen, Guillame Moeyen, and Guillaume Dermoyen
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography of DERMOYEN, Willem in the Web Gallery of Art". www.wga.hu.
- ^ "DERMOYEN, Willem". www.wga.hu.
- ^ "Battle of Pavia – CODART Canon". canon.codart.nl.
- ^ Ch'ien, Letha (2024-10-17). "Rare tapestries as big as Muni buses are now on view at a S.F. museum". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Worth·, Donna Tennant·ArtDallas/Ft (June 11, 2024). "Power and Glory: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the Kimbell".
- ^ "Het edele vermaak. De jacht in de Spaanse Nederlanden onder de Aartshertogen. (Philippe Liesenborghs)". www.ethesis.net.
- ^ "The Cyrus Tapestries | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum". www.gardnermuseum.org.
