Title

Antonio Moncada Chases the Rebels Who Besiege Queen Bianca of Sicily in Her Palace (1410)

Co-author

Teniers, David (II)

Antwerp, 1610 - Brussels, 1690

Van Kessel, Jan

Antwerp, 1626 - Antwerp, 1679

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Inscriptions

On the upper noble shield: "ANTONIVS MONCADA HVJVS NOMINIS PRIMVS COMES ADERNIONIS"

On the lower noble shield: "IN VRBEM REDIT/  IBIQ HOSTIVM TVRBAS AM REGIAM DEPOPULANTES AD FVGAM COGIT DENOQ PALATIVM OBSIDENDTES"

Signature: "D. Teniers / J. V Kessel, f. Aº 1664".

Observations

This copper is part of a series that extols the lineage of the Moncada commissioned by Luis Guillén de Moncada on the occasion of the marriage in 1664 of his son, Fernando de Aragón y Moncada, VI Prince of Paterno and VIII Duke of Montalto with María Teresa Fajardo, VII Marquise de los Vélez, VI Marquise de Ribera, Molina and Martorell. Luis Guillén de Moncada commissioned a set of 12 coppers. Shortly after, 8 more coppers were made to complete the series.   

This work is part of the second phase of the cycle and narrates the exploits of Antonio de Moncada. The central scene, made by David Teniers the Younger, shows how Antonio Moncada Count of Adernò chases the Rebels Who Besiege Queen Bianca of Sicily in Her Palace (1410). The border that frames the scene, the work of Jan van Kessel the Elder, is richly decorated with different objects. In addition, two noble shields are included with inscriptions alluding to the event represented.

Two of the coppers from the cycle are in the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid: The surrender of the Sicilian rebels to Antonio Moncada in 1411 (inv. no. 388); The delivery of the baton of Captain General to Antonio de Moncada by Queen Blanche, regent of Sicily in 1410 (inv. no. 389)

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Bibliography

• G. Delmarcel, M. Garcia Calvo, K. Brosens (2010): "Spanish Family Pride in Flemish Wool and Silk: The Moncada and their Baroque Tapestry Collection", en Thomas P. Campbell, Elizabeth A. H. Cleland,  Tapestry in the Baroque : new aspects of production and patronage, Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia, Yale University Press, New York, New Haven and London.
• J. Sanzsalazar (2001): "Un dibujo de Willem van Herp de la serie de los Moncada, en la Galería Nacional de Edimburgo", Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología: BSAA, nº 67, p. 288.
• M. Haro y MM. Dhios et George (1870): Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens, Porcelaines de Sevres, de Saxe et de Chine Bonheur du Jour Taisseries Peovenant de Feu M. Le Marquis de Villafranca Duc de Ferandina de Montalto..., Hôtel Drouot, Paris, pp. 8, n.º 6.

Locations

• 1664: Collection Vélez, Madrid (Spain)
• 1683 - 1870: Collection Villafranca, Madrid (Spain)
• Private Collection, Madrid (Spain)