Almost 500 years after the firearm- and pike-wielding Habsburg infantry decimated the heavily armored French cavalry at the 1525 Battle of Pavia in northern...
“Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries” is on view through Sept. 15 at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The seven tapestries on display depict a battle between the French and the Holy Roman Empire in 1525 in Pavia, Italy.
Since the Capodimonte Museum in Naples is home to the superb Farnese arms collection as well as the tapestries, viewers at the Kimbell Art Museum can compare what they see on the tapestries with examples of period suits of armor, like this one from circa 1575, as well as a gorgeous arquebus and a 6-foot-long broadsword.
Noble officers are prominent among the foreground figures, as in the tapestry devoted to the surrender of the French king, where the nobility is presented as solemn and dignified in victory and defeat. While Francis is, an enemy soldier grabs the king’s sword and raises it high.
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