Renaissance Splendor: Catherine De' Medici's Valois Tapestries

by Elizabeth Cleland, Alessandra Griffo, Costanza Perrone Da Zara, et al.

Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300237065
• ISBN13: 9780300237061
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.2" x 11.1"