Campaign against Licinius, sea battle. Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669) (author of design) [painter] Riviera, Giacomo della (Italian, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] 1635 Tapestry Dimensions: H 16'" x W 23'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: linen (warp: 18/in.); wool, silk & metallic thread (silver & gold) Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LazioRome Ownership History: Barberini coll. (Rome). Charles Mather Ffoulke (Washington, ) 1889. French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries (Ffoulke sale 979), received 6/8/1948; sold to Kress Foundation 6/10/1956. United Stat
Campaign against Licinius, sea battle. Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669) (author of design) [painter] Riviera, Giacomo della (Italian, act. ) (workshop) [weaver] 1635 Tapestry Dimensions: H 16'" x W 23'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: linen (warp: 18/in.); wool, silk & metallic thread (silver & gold) Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LazioRome Ownership History: Barberini coll. (Rome). Charles Mather Ffoulke (Washington, ) 1889. French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries (Ffoulke sale 979), received 6/8/1948; sold to Kress Foundation 6/10/1956. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Woven monogram on lower guard, right: Imperial fleet advances from left towards fleet of Licinius on R, soldiers engaged in battle in heavily carved vessels carry spears & standards (BRD) inner shaped molding & rounded molding with surface ornament of palmette & leaf scrolls; outer bead molding & simple shaped molding enclosed by guard; (UPR BRD) centered by cartouche containing chi-rho monogram in floral wreath, flanked by horns of Amaltheia holding large clusters of fruit & flowers, flanked by Greek sphinxes & birds perched on floral garlands & with tails of sphinxes in mouths; (LWR BRD) centered by cartouche containing laurel wreath & resting on 2 paws, flanked by horizontal members with pendant palmettes ending in a head, terminating in leaf scrolls ending in clusters of fruit & leaves within units with masks The cartoon for this panel is in the Corsini Collection, Florence (Philadelphia (Mus.), pl. 72); there is a preliminary drawing in the Uffizi (Philadelphia (Mus.), pl. 73). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 46004 Philadelphia (Mus.), History of Constantine (1964), 121, cat. 11, pl. 34, 35, 37 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242463-0242470 (woven in Rome at the Arazzeria Barberini), GCPA 0244112-0244132 (woven in Paris at the Atelier du faubourg Saint-Marcel)
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