Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Tapestry showing Constantine Burning the Memorials to Give Tax Concessions to the Christian Church

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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Tapestry showing Constantine Burning the Memorials to Give Tax Concessions to the Christian Church

Made in Rome, Italy, Europe

1634

Figural composition designed in 1633 by Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), Italian, 1596 - 1669. Woven at the Barberini tapestry factory, Rome. Workshop of Jacomo della Riviera, Flemish.

Wool and silk with gold and silver threads
16 feet 3 inches x 15 feet (495.3 x 457.2 cm)

* Great Stair Hall Balcony, second floor

1959-78-12

Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1959

Label

This tapestry is from the series that Cardinal Francesco Barberini ordered from his own factory to complete the set given to him by Louis XIII of France.

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