Octavia intervenes between Augustus and Anthony. unknown c. 1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 16'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan 8/15/1916; sold to William Randolph Hearst. United States, California, San Simeon, Hearst San Simeon Historical Monument. Inscriptions: Inscription in left border, at top: PAX AVG [=PAX AUGUSTA] Inscriptions: Inscription in right border, at top: VIC AV[G] [=VICTORIA AUGUSTA] Octavia stands with open arms between armies of Octavian Augustus and Mark Anthony who are mounted on hors
Octavia intervenes between Augustus and Anthony. unknown c. 1640 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 16'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from J. P. Morgan 8/15/1916; sold to William Randolph Hearst. United States, California, San Simeon, Hearst San Simeon Historical Monument. Inscriptions: Inscription in left border, at top: PAX AVG [=PAX AUGUSTA] Inscriptions: Inscription in right border, at top: VIC AV[G] [=VICTORIA AUGUSTA] Octavia stands with open arms between armies of Octavian Augustus and Mark Anthony who are mounted on horseback; soldiers blow horns, ready to fight (L & R BRD) grotesques & military trophies with twisting garlands of flowers interspersed with vases & winged figures, inscriptions at top; (UPR & LWR BRD) empty cartouche in center flanked birds & garlands of flowers & fruit French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 7026 [also lists: 7027, 7028] Ricci, Twenty Renaissance Tapestries (1913), 38, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241878-0241880, 0184603
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