The Life of The Life of Constantine: 400 Years of the Philadelphia Barberini Tapestries

Name: The Life of The Life of Constantine: 400 Years of the Philadelphia Barberini Tapestries
Start: 2025-09-20T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Perelman Building

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Perelman Building | Philadelphia, PA

The Life of Constantine tapestries, woven after the designs of Peter Paul Rubens and Pietro da Cortona, exemplify how the meaning and significance of an artwork can change as its context changes. In the seventy years that these tapestries have hung in the Great Stair Hall of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, they have become both icons of civic pride and challenges to modern audiences. James Harper, Penn State professor and author of The Barberini Tapestries: Woven Monuments of Baroque Rome, reconstructs a "biography" of these iconic weavings.
Things to Know:
- This is a hybrid program. You can register either for the in-person event or to watch it live via Zoom.
- There will be time for a Q&A at the end of the program.
- The program will be recorded. A link to the recording will be sent to everyone who registers for the virtual component of the program.