Collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum: Raphael Cartoons, Cast Courts, Akbarnama, Tristan Quilt, Hamzanama, Ardabil Carpet

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Raphael Cartoons, Cast Courts, Akbarnama, Tristan Quilt, Hamzanama, Ardabil Carpet, Portrait of a Lady known as Esmeralda Brandini, Easby Cross, Tipu's Tiger, Benin Bronzes, Jane Small, Gloucester Candlestick, Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, Luck of Edenhall, Sack-back gown, Becket Casket, Stoke Edith Wall Hanging, Bashaw, Great Bed of Ware, Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, George Frederick Handel, Veroli Casket, Lomellini Ewer and Basin, Sideboard, Henry VIII's writing desk, Strawberry Thief, The Age of Bronze, Betel container, Maharaja Ranjit Singh's throne, Samson Slaying a Philistine, Margaret Laton's embroidered jacket, Mollendorff Dinner Service, Hereford Screen, Adoration of the Magi, Leighton Frescoes, Armoire, Howard 'Grace' Cup, John Evelyn's cabinet, Mary Salome and Zebedee, Virgin and Child with a Cat, Burghley Nef, Merode Cup, Thuner, Brise fans, Virgin and Child with Four Angels, Jerningham Wine Cooler, Jina Parshvanatha, Butler-Bowden Cope, Rank badge, Rock crystal ewer, Chinese lacquerware table, Shouting Horseman, Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre. Excerpt: The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515-16 and showing scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. They are the only surviving members of a set of ten cartoons commissioned by Pope Leo X for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace, which are still (on special occasions) hung below Michelangelo's famous ceiling. Reproduced in the form of prints, they rivalled Michelangelo's ceiling as the most famous and influential designs of the Renaissance, and were well-known to all artists of the Renaissance and Baroque. Admiration of them reached its highest pitch in the 18th and 19th centu...