Judocus de Vos (1661–1734) was a

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weaver, son of the weaver Marcus de Vos. he was apprenticed to his father and after his death he took over and expanded the weaving mill. He produced many

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, many commissioned to depict events from the

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Main tapestries

*1699–1700, 29 tapestries with ''New Testament'' for the St John's Co-Cathedral in La Valetta (

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) *1705 leader of the largest workshop in Brussels, having 12 weaving machines with about 35 weavers *1707–1717 tapestries for the Blenheim Palace of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough *1712–1724 eight tapestries with ''Telemachos stories'' for Adam Franciscus, Duke of Schwarzenberg (5 pieces saved at the castle

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in Bohemia, 1 piece in Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna; signed J.D.VOS and Brussels' coat-of-arms between initials B/B. *1710–1715 six tapestries ''Months'' for the

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in Prague, since 1927 in the

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in Prague. *1712–1721 twelve tapestries with ''The History of the Conquest of Tunis'' for the royal castle of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in Vienna; now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum

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. *1718–1724 six tapestries ''Months of the Year - Martial Arts'' for the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong; 1 piece in Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 1 with ''Naval battle'' at the New castle in Oberschleissheim (nearby Muenchen).

Bibliography

* Jeri Bapisola, ''Threads of History: The Tapestries of Blenheim Palace''. (Lightmoor Press, 2005). * Koenraad Brossens, ''Brussels Tapestry Producer Judocus de Vos (1661/62-1734). New Data and Design Attributions.'' Studies in the Decorative Arts, vol. IX, no. 2 (2002). * Alan Wace, ''The Marlborough Tapestries at Blenheim Palace''. (London, 1968). * Jarmila BLAŽKOVÁ, Deux tentures des mois à Prague, inː ''Artes textiles'', Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de tapijt-, borduur- en textielkunst, X, Gent, (1981), p. 203-220 1661 births 1734 deaths Flemish tapestry artists {{textile-arts-stub