Six Putti Dancing Around a Globe and a Palm from a set of the Giochi di Putti, ca. 1635, Italian, Rome, Wool warps, wool and silk wefts, L. 102 x W. 108 in. (259 x 274 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Cartoon by Tommaso Vincidor (Tommaso di Andrea) (Italian, Bologna ca. 1517–ca. 1536 Breda (?)), This tapestry was once part of an eight-piece set representing Giochi di Putti, or Cherubs’ Games. Pope Leo X commissioned the series as an allegorical celebration of the golden age under the Medici, and it was to be displayed in the Vatican’s Hall of the Consistory
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Six Putti Dancing Around, Globe, Palm, set, Giochi di Putti, ca, 1635, Italian, Rome, Wool warps, wool, silk wefts, L, 102 x W, 108, 259 274 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, Cartoon by Tommaso Vincidor, Tommaso Andrea, Bologna ca., 1517–ca., 1536, Breda, tapestry, part, eight-piece set, representing, Giochi, di, Putti, Cherubs, Games, Pope Leo, X, commissioned, series, allegorical celebration, golden age, under, Medici, displayed, Vatican, Hall, Consistory
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