About This Artwork

After a cartoon by Lorenzo Lippi (1606–1665), painted before April 27, 1643
Woven at the Medici workshop under the direction of Pietro van Asselt (c. 1600–1644), before June 15, 1644
Italy, Florence

Medici Armorial, 1643–44

Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts
216.7 x 311.2 cm (85 3/8 x 122 1/2 in.)
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1944.412