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To the latter are attributed the Months of Lucas in 12 pieces; to the latter the Hunts of Maximilian, in 12 pieces, otherwise known as the Belles Chasses de Guise because of the famous set owned by the Duke of Guise, woven by Francois Geubels of Brussels, and now in the Louvre. Both sets were immensely popular in the XVII and XVIII centuries as well as in the XVI century, and both were reproduced at the Gobelins (See chapter VI) over and over again. Another important set in seven pieces, design...ed by Van Orley, of which the Louvre has the original sketches, was the Battle of Pavia presented by the Netherlands to Charles V in 1531 (See plate no. 309). It illustrates the Capture of Francis I, his Departure for Spain, and his Captivity at Madrid. By a curious lack of tact it hung in the very hall of the Palace of Brussels where Admiral Coligny was received in 1556, when he went to ratify the Peace of Vauxcelles in the name of Henri II. By the Infante Don Carlos, eldest son of Philip II, it was M-9 5 J J3 98 TAPESTRIES— THEIR ORIGIN bequeathed in his will dated May 19, 1564, to his preceptor Don Honorato Juan.
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