Women in Power: Caterina and Maria de’ Medici. The Return to Florence of Two Queens of France |
institution: Palazzo Strozzi
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Wedding by proxy of Maria de’ Medici and Henry IV of France, represented by Grand Duke Ferdinando de’ Medici, by Jacopo da Empoli. 1600. Canvas, 234 by 230.5 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
Attributed works:
68. Children on horseback and soldiers, by Faubourg Saint-Marcel Manufactory after a design by Henri Lerambert. 1607–10. Wool, silk, silver and gold tapestry, 494 by 449 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
Attributed works:
69. The Queen’s entry into the harbour of Rhodes, Faubourg Saint-Marcel Manufactory after a design by Antoine Caron. 1607–10. Wool, silk, silver and gold tapestry, 494 by 653 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris; exh. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence).
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23. Grotesque Decoration: Belshazzar's Feast. Flemish Tapestry, Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. 3.1 by 3.35 m. (Collection Château d'Azay le Rideau; Exh. Mobilier National, Paris.)
Attributed works:
26. Mercury. Tapestry Woven in Studio of Martin Reynbouts, Brussels, Late Sixteenth Century. 3.42 by 4.04 m. (Collection Château de Chaumont sur Loire; Exh. Mobilier National, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
22. The Rape of the Sabines, Flemish Tapestry, Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. 3.4 by 6 m. (Collection Château d'Azay le Féron; exh. Mobilier National, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
24. The Banquet. Tapestry Woven in Florence (?), Sixteenth Century. 4.037 by 8.23 m. (Collection Château d'Oiron; Exh. Mobilier National, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
25. Birth of St Stephen. Tapestry Woven in Toulouse 1531-5. Bears Monogram 'I. P.' and Date 1532. 5.9 by 6.68 m. (Cathédrale St Etienne, Toulouse; Exh. Mobilier National, Paris.) [tentatively attributed to a member of the family of Hector Pachaut].