. International studio. treasure of tapestriesor else enjoy themthrough reproduc-tions of such char-acteristic examplesas are illustrated inthese pages. In point of timeand in variety ofschools, the six tap-estries shown withthis brief accountillustrate fairly wellthe vast range andwealth of the Hof-burg treasure. Old-est of all the tapes-tries is the Trium-phal Processionsof Petrarch, whichwas woven about thebeginning of the Six-teenth Century, pro-bably in Tours. The 1 htee I ijty JULY 1922 Death of Adonis was probably woven in Fon-tainebleau for Francis I; it is richly int
. International studio. treasure of tapestriesor else enjoy themthrough reproduc-tions of such char-acteristic examplesas are illustrated inthese pages. In point of timeand in variety ofschools, the six tap-estries shown withthis brief accountillustrate fairly wellthe vast range andwealth of the Hof-burg treasure. Old-est of all the tapes-tries is the Trium-phal Processionsof Petrarch, whichwas woven about thebeginning of the Six-teenth Century, pro-bably in Tours. The 1 htee I ijty JULY 1922 Death of Adonis was probably woven in Fon-tainebleau for Francis I; it is richly interwovenwith gold and silver threads, its ornamentalTf,- ? ,1 u , r ,l , , ? design being ibis is tbe oldest oj tbe tapestries inthe collection, being woven about thebeginning of the Sixteenth Century,probably in Tours. Its subject is theTriumphal Processions oj Petrarch after the worksof Michelangeloand the decora- tions of one ofthe rooms in theFontainebleaupalace. The re-cumbent figures are \ ery reminiscent of the MediciChapel figures which have so often been adaptedby artists since Michelangelo. Tins tapestry was probably woven inFontainebleau jot Francis 1. Itssubject is tbe death oj Adonis, andit is magnificently interwoveithreads oj gold and silver.
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