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Giulio Cesare con servitori

ca. 1400–1410
Not on view
Questo arazzo, tra i più antichi e pregiati di età medievale, faceva parte di un insieme che commemorava nove eroi: tre provenienti dalla tradizione ebraica, tre dall’antichità pagana e tre dal mondo cristiano. Qui Giulio Cesare indossa una corona imperiale aperta, mentre dal trono pende il vessillo dell’aquila imperiale a due teste. L’imperatore è circondato da musici e cortigiani; l’uomo dall’incarnato scuro in alto a sinistra potrebbe simboleggiare le terre africane da lui conquistate. I nove eroi, che simboleggiavano la saggezza e il valore, vennero nominati per la prima volta in un poema francese del XIV secolo, “I voti del pavone”. Si ritiene che l’insieme degli arazzi che raffigura i nove eroi, qui conservato, appartenesse a Jean de France, duca di Berry, noto mecenate.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Giulio Cesare con servitori
  • Data: 1400-1410
  • Cultura: Paesi Bassi meridionali
  • Materiale e tecnica: Trama e ordito di lana
  • Dimensioni: 4,2 x 2,4 m
  • Crediti: Dono di John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1947
  • Numero d'inventario: 47.101.3
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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