Hunts of Maximilian

They were produced in a Brussels workshop, and several tapestries are given identifiable locations that were then around the outskirts of the city, but are now mostly engulfed by it.

Both princesses governed the Low countries in Charles' name, Mary taking over after Margaret's death in 1530.

There are large numbers of human figures and animals arranged fairly evenly across the whole image space, and only a rudimentary landscape setting.

But the Hunts of Maximilian are very different, with an advanced Renaissance compositional style adapted to tapestries, and a remarkably forward-looking group of expansive landscapes behind the figures.

[10] Though the Metropolitan pieces are the same as the originals, the Pau and Chantilly sets have different borders, and the astrological symbols are replaced by coats of arms.