Propaganda and power pervade Valois renaissance tapestries at Cleveland Museum of Art. Published: ; Nov. 18, 2018, 6:05 a.m.

In their subtly lighted temporary home at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the six enormous weavings at the core of “Renaissance Splendor: Catherine de’ Medici’s Valois Tapestries” are feasts ...

The Gideon tapestries cost Bess £326,15 shillings and 9 pence (about $97,000 today). To make them her own, she had her coat of arms layered over Hatton’s. Additionally, ...

Six innovative weavings, made from designs commissioned by Pope Leo X, are on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, alongside nearly 50 other objects which serve to contextualize these works and ...

The tapestries were designed by Bernard van Orley and woven in Brussels by Willem and Jan Dermoyenand. They were begun a year after the battle in 1526 and the set was finished in 1531.