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THE TAPESTRIES AND CARTOONS 153
Italy, such as Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici, at the battle
of Ravenna, and his triumphant entry into Florence.
The Coronation of the Virgin, which was painted
for the altar-piece, was never woven till a later date.
This tapestry bears the arms of Paul III., and Muntz
suggests that the Cardinal of Lieg&, Everard de la
Marek, who obtained the hat in 1520, finding the
cartoon at Brussels, had it woven as a gift to the
then reigning Pope, as such a present is mentioned
in an inventory of the Vatican treasures in 1556.
In the eighteenth century it was for the first time
hung in the Sistine Chapel.1 It represents our Lord
with St. John Baptist and St. Jerome. In the Oxford
University Gallery is a sketch by Raphael for the
cartoon. The cartoon itself is in the Vatican, where
it was discovered in 1873. The borders are of Flemish
design.
These cartoons have been called academic, and it
is evident that they are school work, executed by men
who knew their business, adapted to a special position,
and undertaken for delivery within a stated time.
Mrs Ady (Julia Cartwright) instances them as
occupying a unique position in the history of the art
of the Renaissance. Standing at the close of that
memorable phase of thought, and on the brink of the
decadence, after having in the Stanze set forth the
creed of the past ages, and the pride of the Church,
Raphael here, by his illustration of every detail of the
sacred histories, reflects the new spirit of inquiry and
practice of Bible-reading which were beginning to
gather ground.
1 Taj a, 1750, p. 65.
Italy, such as Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici, at the battle
of Ravenna, and his triumphant entry into Florence.
The Coronation of the Virgin, which was painted
for the altar-piece, was never woven till a later date.
This tapestry bears the arms of Paul III., and Muntz
suggests that the Cardinal of Lieg&, Everard de la
Marek, who obtained the hat in 1520, finding the
cartoon at Brussels, had it woven as a gift to the
then reigning Pope, as such a present is mentioned
in an inventory of the Vatican treasures in 1556.
In the eighteenth century it was for the first time
hung in the Sistine Chapel.1 It represents our Lord
with St. John Baptist and St. Jerome. In the Oxford
University Gallery is a sketch by Raphael for the
cartoon. The cartoon itself is in the Vatican, where
it was discovered in 1873. The borders are of Flemish
design.
These cartoons have been called academic, and it
is evident that they are school work, executed by men
who knew their business, adapted to a special position,
and undertaken for delivery within a stated time.
Mrs Ady (Julia Cartwright) instances them as
occupying a unique position in the history of the art
of the Renaissance. Standing at the close of that
memorable phase of thought, and on the brink of the
decadence, after having in the Stanze set forth the
creed of the past ages, and the pride of the Church,
Raphael here, by his illustration of every detail of the
sacred histories, reflects the new spirit of inquiry and
practice of Bible-reading which were beginning to
gather ground.
1 Taj a, 1750, p. 65.