Detail of “Duel Between Francis I and the Marquis Civita Santangelo,” designed by Bernard van Orley and woven in Brussels in the 1500s. (Randy Dodson/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) Review ...

BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France — Almost 500 years ago, in 1518 or 1519, the Flemish artist Bernard van Orley sat down to paint a portrait of Margaret of Austria, one of the most powerful women in ...

The tapestries were designed by Bernard van Orley and woven in Brussels by Willem and Jan Dermoyenand. They were begun a year after the battle in 1526 and the set was finished in 1531.

On Roman profits, Nikolaus Pevsner, the Battle of Pavia tapestries, man versus nature & more from the world of culture. Bernard van Orley, The Sortie of the Besieged Imperial Troops from Pavia, and ...

Around 500 years ago, in 1518 or 1519, Flemish artist Bernard van Orley sat down to paint a portrait of Margaret of Austria, one of the most powerful women in Renaissance Europe. At age 3, she was ...