Tapestries from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The History of Constantine the Great Designed By Peter Paul Rubens and Pietro Da Cortona.

All the tapestries, a series of 13 panels, are reproduced in this volume, both complete to show the grandeur of the compositions and in many striking details to reveal the skill with which they were woven. There are also illustrations of the survibving sketches for the tapestries by Rubens and Pietro da Cortona. The text includes an illuminating introduction describing the evnets surrounding the designing and weaving of the tapestries, a catalogue section of detailed notes about each tapestry, and an appendix on tapestry weaving in France and Italy” (Klappentext).