Mercury summons Aeneas to leave Carthage. Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (designed after) [painter] c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. Mercury hovers over reclining Aeneas, urging him to leave Carthage (L & R BRD) vases & military trophies; (UPR BRD) empty square cartouche in center flanked by swags of drapery & garlands of flowers; (LWR BRD) empty cartouche in center flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit Romanelli's cartoons have been dated Six out of 8 of the original c
Mercury summons Aeneas to leave Carthage. Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Italian, 1610-1662) (designed after) [painter] c. 1640-1650 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Antwerp Ownership History: French & Co. Mercury hovers over reclining Aeneas, urging him to leave Carthage (L & R BRD) vases & military trophies; (UPR BRD) empty square cartouche in center flanked by swags of drapery & garlands of flowers; (LWR BRD) empty cartouche in center flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit Romanelli's cartoons have been dated Six out of 8 of the original cartoons survive at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 295-298 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238110-0238114, 0237813; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0237806
Size: 7685px × 9608px
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