TRIUMPH OF AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA: _Caesar offers the crown of victory to Augustus, who kneels before him. He is surrounded by his attendants and his chariot waits in the background. The side borders are of flower-draped columns, top and bottom borders of fruit and flower garlands, with ornaments. On the side borders are cartouches bearing the insignia: Pax. Aug. and Vic. Aug. (Pax Augusta and Victoria Augusta)._ [Sidenote: Illustrated: _Böttiger, Svenska Statins Samling_, vol. 3, pl. XLII.] The piece is one of a series on the _History of Julius Caesar_, three of which were in the Morgan Collection. It has all the abundance and dramatic emphasis characteristic of the Baroque period. [Sidenote: Lent by _P. W. French & Company_.] The massive yet active figures, the large folded, swinging drapes, the luxurious and heavy accessories are all typical of the work of a time when the large, the impressive, and the elaborate were sought in all forms of art. The manner was introduced into tapestry cartoons by Rubens and carried on by many of his pupils and imitators. Even the outline of the composition of this piece follows closely that of Rubens' famous _Triumphs_, from which the suggestion for the cartoon was undoubtedly taken. [Sidenote: 45] FLANDERS, XVII CENTURY [Sidenote: _Wool, Silk, Gold._ H. 3 _ft._ 1 _in._ W. 4 _ft._ ] THE VIRGIN AND CHILD: _The Virgin in a pale red gown with a dark-blue cloak falling about her is seated on the ground. The child holding a staff in the form of a cross sits on her knee. Beyond is a castle, and against the sky a high mountain. Wide floral border. The high lights are in gold._ This is a most exceptional piece of tapestry, evidently made to special order, probably for a private chapel, after an Italian Renaissance painting. The excessive fineness of the weave and the unstinted use of gold to render the high lights indicate that it was made for a person of wealth and importance. [Sidenote: Lent by _Duveen Brothers_.] The painting is faithfully and delicately reproduced and the border is remarkably rich and glowing. [Sidenote: 46] BRUSSELS, LATE XVII, EARLY XVIII CENTURY [Sidenote: _Wool and Silk._ H. 12 _ft._ W. 17 _ft._ 6 _in._ ] SANCHO IS TOSSED IN A BLANKET: _Sancho, following Don Quixote's example, has refused to pay the innkeeper, as that is against the tradition of knights-errant and their squires. So the clothmakers of Segovia and the needlemakers of Cordova who chance to be there toss him in a blanket, while Don Quixote sits without on his horse cursing lustily._ The piece is one of a set of illustrations of _Don Quixote_ after David Teniers the Younger. The scene has all the casual and convincing informality and boisterous good spirits for which Teniers' paintings are famous. It quite catches the spirit of the romance which it illustrates. The landscape vista is unusually lovely in color. [Sidenote: Lent by _P. W. French & Company_.]