File:Heraldic tapestry of Žygimantas Augustas with Lithuanian coat of arms Vytis, Polish eagle and coats of arms of Volhynia, Smolensk, Kyiv voivodeships, circa 1548, 2.jpg

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Enghien or Gramont workshop
Title
English: Tapestry with Sigismund Augustus coat of arms when Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Lietuvių: Žygimanto Augusto gobelenas su Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės didžiuoju herbu.
Polski: Arras z herbem Zygmunta Augusta jako Wielkiego Ksiecia Litewskiego.
Date circa 1548
date QS:P571,+1548-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium wool and silk
Dimensions height: 240 cm (94.4 in); width: 158 cm (62.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,240U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,158U174728
Royal Palace of Lithuania
Current location
Vilnius
Accession number
VR-429
Object history circa 1544
date QS:P,+1544-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: commissioned by Sigismund Augustus, Grand Duke of Lithuania

1596: inherited by House of Vasa, Warsaw
1669: transferred to John Casimir Vasa, Paris

2009: purchased by Royal Palace of Lithuania
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English: The tapestry depicts the coat of arms of Sigismund Augustus when Grand Duke of Lithuania - Polish Eagle with Sigismund Augustus' initials on the eagle's chest in the heart, Grand Duchy of Lithuania coat of arms in the second field, 3 coats of arms in the lower fields representing Kiev (Angel), Volhynia (Cross), Smolensk (Bear) and Sforza's emblem (serpent devouring a child). The shield is topped with the crown of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Source/Photographer Ramūnas Kondratas, Joseph Everatt (2010). Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius Lower Castle. Standartų spaustuvė. ISBN 978-609-95074-7-7
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