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The Battle of the Ticino

1550 · Musée du Louvre, Paris

historical

This large tapestry cartoon represents a subject drawn from Livy and Polybius. It was preparatory for the weaving of a section of the Tapestry of Scipio executed in Brussels c. 1558 for Jacques d'Albon, Maréchal de Saint-André and favourite of King Henri II of France.

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The Battle of the Ticino