Identifier: deluxeillustrate00bardrich (find matches)
Title: De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Bardini, Stefano, 1836-1922 American Art Association Townsend, Horace, 1859-1922 Kirby, Thomas E., 1846-
Subjects: Art -- Private collections
Publisher: (New York, American Art Association)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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\o. T.i/)—Sevextkexth Cextuuy Flemish ^ erdure Tapestry Paxel 737—Sixteenth Century Italian Tapestry Panel Rectangular shaj^e. Woven with episodes of the Siege of Troy.In the center are the figures of Paris, in classical armor, andHelen in a loose robe and wearing a close-fitting cap. On eitherside are the ti-unks of trees, that on the left being an apple treewith a small animal below jJicparing to climb it and a scrolledescutcheon charged witli a coat-of-arms above, while that on theright is an oak tree with a jjarrot perched on one of the branches.On the left is Diomedes with the captured Palladium, and onthe right Achilles seizing Polj^xena. On the extreme right isa city gate. In the distance a landscape with figures and acastle. The architecture and costumes, with the exception ofthat of Paris, are Italian of the sixteenth century. Surroundedby a l)order of a laurel-leaf garland and clusters of fruits, fiow-ers and leaves. Height, 5 feet 7/^ iiiehe.s; icidtJi, l.J feet 9 inche

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