Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with ...
Between 1518 and 1520, Pope Leo X sat for a portrait by the Renaissance master Raphael. A lifelong patron of the arts, he wished for this dignified painting, which shows him dressed in his papal garb ...
Exhibition of Engravings, Etchings & Mezzotints, held under the Auspices and for the Benefit of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in the building adjoining their new structure, Broad Street, ...