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Harvey Miller Pub, 2020. Hardcover. New. 500 pages. 10.25x7.25x2.50 inches.

Harvey Miller, 2020. hardcover. New. 116x40x164.

Harvey Miller/ brepols 2019. Hardcover with dusjackets 778 pages ., 161 b/w ill. + 99 colour ill., 180 x 265 mm, Languages: English. fine condition ISBN 9781912554232. Rubens Decius Mus Cycle is in many ways a first. It provides the earliest example of work for the medium of tapestry, and so illustrates the artist's approach to the challenges presented by a narrative sequence of images. The woven versions, like the corresponding set of six paintings preserved in the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein since 1692, represent the heroic death of the Roman Consul Decius Mus, following Livy?s account of how he sacrificed himself to the gods to procure victory for Rome. Rubens stages the episodes of this dramatic story with characteristic ingenuity, producing images with a powerful visual impact and narrative force. To recreate Livy?s story with Roman authenticity, Rubens drew on a wide range of sources, including not only classical texts but the growing antiquarian literature of his age, as… Read More