Dermoyen family explained

The Dermoyen family included a number of prominent weavers and dealers of Brussels tapestry in the 1500s.[1]

Members

Jan and Willem[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 and References

  1. Web site: Biography of DERMOYEN, Willem in the Web Gallery of Art. www.wga.hu.
  2. Web site: DERMOYEN, Willem. www.wga.hu.
  3. Web site: Battle of Pavia – CODART Canon. canon.codart.nl.
  4. Web site: 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.
  5. Web site: Power and Glory: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the Kimbell. Donna Tennant·ArtDallas/Ft. Worth·. June 11, 2024.
  6. Web site: Het edele vermaak. De jacht in de Spaanse Nederlanden onder de Aartshertogen. (Philippe Liesenborghs). www.ethesis.net.
  7. Web site: The Cyrus Tapestries | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. www.gardnermuseum.org.

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