Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Gallery of Tapestries: Coriolanus, King of the Valsci
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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20-May-19
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art , Greek Antiquities , Roman Antiquities , Gallery of Tapestries , Galleria Degli Arazzi , Tapestries , Coriolanus in Art , Roman Generals in Art , Volscians in Art
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. The photos show a tapestry and signage within the Gallery of Tapestries (Galleria degli Arazzi), which is part of the Vatican Museums. These are public museums that display about 20,000 of 70K works collected by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries. The museums were founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century. Only the Louvre in France receives more annual visitors than the Vatican Museums. The museums consist of 24 galleries, with the Sistine Chapel being the last room visited. The tapestry is "Coriolanus, King of the Volsci," which is part of a series of tapestries known as the cycle of Coriolanus. It was completed in Paris at the beginning of the 17th century, although it was based on drawings done between 1570 and 1590. Coriolanus was a Roman general who defeated the Volscians at Corioli.
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