EXHIBITION

RAPHAEL. GOLD & SILK

26 SEPTEMBER 2023 - 14 JANUARY 2024

KUNST HISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN

MARIA-THERESIEN-PLATZ, 1010 WIEN (Vienna), Austria

The School of Athens Series title: Tapestries after Frescoes by Raphael in the Vatican; Design: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Urbino 1483–1520 Rome), 1509/11; Woven under the direction of Pierre-François Cozette (1714–1801) and Michel Audran (1701–1771) in the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, Paris, 1765–1771; Wool, silk; Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Kunstkammer, inv. no. T XIII/2

The large autumn exhibition at Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is devoted to tapestries.

The momentous painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, called Raphael (1483–1520), was commissioned by Pope Leo X. to create the famous series depicting the life and acts of the apostles St Peter and St Paul for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. His designs set Flemish tapestry art on a new course.

For more information, https://www.raffael-gold-seide.at/en/