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Julio César e os cortesãos

ca. 1400–1410
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Esta peça, que figura entre os tapetes medievais de maior antiguidade e beleza, formava parte de um conjunto feito para comemorar nove heróis: três da tradição hebraica, três da antiguidade pagã e três do mundo cristão. Júlio César, um dos heróis pagãos, leva a coroa do imperador e, de seu trono, pende a águia de duas cabeças imperial. Os músicos e cortesãos o rodeiam; o homem de pele escura na parte superior à esquerda, provavelmente simboliza as terras africanas de César. Os nove heróis, representantes do valor e da sabedoria, aparecem pela primeira vez em Nos votos de Pavão, um poema francês do início do século XIV. Acredita-se que os tapetes dos Claustros pertenciam a Jean de França, duque de Berry, um renomado patrono das artes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Julio César e os cortesãos
  • Data: 1400–1410
  • Geografia: Países Baixos do Sul
  • Meio: Urdidura e trama de lã
  • Dimensões: 4,2 x 2,4 m
  • Linha de créditos: Doação de John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1947
  • Número de acesso: 47.101.3
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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