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Abstract
The Furti di Giove tapestries were woven in Flanders ca. 1532-35 on designs provided by Perino del Vaga. Commissioned by Andrea Doria, these forgotten masterpieces probably constituted the most magnificent set of tapestries ordered by an Italian patron since Raphael's tapestries were made for the Vatican. The Furti di Giove and their cartoons have vanished, but a reasonably complete account of their history, subjects, appearance, and their location in the Palazzo Doria, Genoa, can be reconstructed from the remaining evidence, which comprises letters, inventories, descriptions, prints, and the very few surviving preparatory drawings by Perino.
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Bernice F. Davidson
Bernice F. Davidson is Research Curator at The Frick Collection. Her book Raphael's Bible: A Study of the Vatican Logge was published in 1985 as a Monograph in Archaeology and the Fine Arts sponsored by the College Art Association of America. [The Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th Street, New York, NY 10021]