Habsburg Treasures: Renaissance Tapestries from Vienna
03/11/2010 - 04/11/2010
The Norton Museum of Art is currently showing an exhibition on tapestries, which includes eight very large wall hangings from the Brussels atelier of Frans Geubels (1535-1590.) They depict one of the most beloved secular themes in the 16th-century repertoire of Flemish tapestry-making: the legendary founding of ancient Rome by Romulus and Remus. The series begins with the birth of the two brothers, when they were placed in a basket and set afloat on the Tiber River, and ends with the legendary Rape of the Sabine Women.