http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/755975/resize%3Aformat%3DfullFour pillar tapestries (from the series THE LIFE OF POPE URBAN VIII)1663–1679Tapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)Four pilaster panel tapestries commemorating the life of Pope Urban VIII. 50.3586: This tapestry bears a double portrait of Antonio Barberini and his wife Camilla Barbadora, the parents of Maffeo Barberini, late Pope Urban VIII. The design consists of a medallion woven with several shades of yellow, bearing profile portraits of a man and a woman surround by the words ANTONIVS BARBERINVS ET CAMMILLA BARBADORA PARENTES ("Antonio Berberini and Camilla Barbadora: parents") Below the medallion is a pedestal with conventionalized foliated ornament and the Barberini bee woven with yellow. The ground behind the pedestal is red. Above is a red swag with pendants of laurel leaves, a mask (man) and a large yellow jar filled with fruit and flowers. Repairs, some slits. 50.3587: This tapestry illustrates a medallion woven with several shades of yellow showing the interior of a library where a man in a long gown writes in a book. Around the edge are the words PROTONOT AP CONCILIATI ECCLESIAE REG REGALIVMQ SPONSAL TAB CONFICIT ("The apostolic protonotary completes the documents of the betrothal of the King who, with his princes, has been reconciled to the Church.") Below the medallion is a pedestal with conventionalized foliated ornament and the Barberini bee woven with yellow. The ground behind the pedestal is red. Above is a red swag with pendants of laurel leaves, a mask (man) and a large yellow jar of flowers. Repairs, some slits. 51.2804: This tapestry illustrates the facade of the church of Sta. Bibiana in Rome in a medallion, surmounted by a pediment bearing a cross, the papal tiara, keys, and shield with the Barberini arms. Around the building are the words AEDE S BIBIANAE RESTITVTA ET ORNATA ("The church of Saint Bibiana rebuilt and embellished.") Below the medallion is a pedestal with conventionalized foliated ornament and the Barberini bee woven with yellow The ground behind the pedestal is red. Above is a red swag with pendants of laurel leaves, a mask (woman) and a large yellow jar filled with flowers. Repairs and some slits. 52.262: This tapestry represents the facade of the Palazzo dell'Annona in Rome within a medalion woven wih several shades of yellow and orange, on which is a building with the papal tiara, keys, and a shield bearing the Barberini arms over the door. Around the building are the words VBERIORI ANNONAE COMMODO ("I provide for a richer harvest.") Below the medallion is a pedestal with conventionalized foliated ornament and the Barberini bee woven with yellow. The ground behind the pedestal is red. Above is a red swag with pendants of laurel leaves, a mask (woman) and a large yellow jar filled with flowers. Repairs, some slits.Textiles565.1511303023 Centimeter565.1511303023 Centimeter565.1511303023 Centimeter563.8811277623 Centimeter0.0000000000 Centimeter0.0000000000 Centimeter0.0000000000 Centimeter0.0000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/553213/rdf