A sumptuous banquet, a young woman seated before a lavishly set table, maids and musicians gathered around her, and, in the background, colonnades opening onto the landscape; all around, a rich border featuring cherubs, friezes, and floral…
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Four hundred years after the Dedication of St. Peter's Basilica on November 18, 1626, the exhibition The Barberini Tapestry. The Resurrection and Dedication of the Vatican Basilica, which can be visited from March 30, 2026 at the Vatican…
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The precious 15th-century tapestry from the Cini Collection depicting The Entry into Palestine of Vespasian's Army has returned to theIsland of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. In 2022, the tapestry was the subject of the first 3D and…
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In France , the debate continues around the loan of the Bayeux tapestry, which has been promised for 2026 to the British Museum in London, but against whose travel a petition has been launched that has gathered more than 60,000 signatures…
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A petition asking France not to lend theBayeux tapestry to England. It was launched, on Change.org, by Didier Rykner, longtime editor of La Tribune de l'Art, one of France's most-watched art magazines, and in about a month it has already…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Renaissance Tapestries
TheLast Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 - Amboise, 1519), the masterpiece that the genius painted on the wall of the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, is considered one of the fundamental works of art…
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From June 2 to Nov. 29, 2023, the Salone dei Duecento of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence will once again host the series of tapestries, owned by the Presidency of the Republic and the Uffizi Galleries, dedicated to the Stories of Joseph and…
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