Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Tapestry showing the Sea Battle between the Fleets of Constantine and Licinius

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Tapestry showing the Sea Battle between the Fleets of Constantine and Licinius

Made in Rome, Italy, Europe

1635

Figural composition designed in 1635 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 8 inches x 23 feet 4 inches (508 x 711.2 cm)

* Great Stair Hall Balcony, second floor

1959-78-9

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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