Roderigo Dermoyen i Fritz Mannheimer, czyli o arrasie z groteską króla Zygmunta Augusta w amsterdamskim Rijksmuseum
RODERIGO DERMOYEN AND FRITZ MANNHEIMER, OR THE TAPESTRY WITH KING SIGISMUND AUGUSTUS’ GROTESQUE AT AMSTERDAM’S RIJKSMUSEUM

Summary/Abstract: The article examines a Brussels grotesque tapestry from the former collection of Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. BK-17261). Commissioned from Roderigo Dermoyen on 7 September 1559, it belonged to a series of heraldic and monogrammed tapestries made for the Polish king. Drawing on a document dated 13 August 1560 from the Antwerp City Archives, the author reconstructs the commission and Dermoyen’s professional network, including the Brabant merchants Frans Geubels and Cornelis van Bomberghen, while also highlighting the diplomat Wojciech Kryski’s role in fostering contacts between the Polish court and Flemish craftsmen.The article further discusses Dermoyen’s collaboration with the anonymous Master of the Geometric Mark and Jan van Tieghem. Finally, it traces the tapestry’s history after 1795: its removal to Russia, retention despite the Treaty of Riga (1921), sale in 1928, acquisition by Fritz Mannheimer, and transfer to the Rijksmuseum in 1960. Combining archival and art-historical research, the study illuminates Polish-Netherlandish artistic relations and the later fate of a displaced heritage object.

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