# The Union of the Duchy of Urbino with the Church [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN WEAVER, Italian]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Wool and silk tapestry, 400 x 530 cm ## Commentary This tapestry was produced by the Barberini Manufactory in Rome. The workshop for producing tapestries was established in 1627 by Cardinal Francesco Barberini, the nephew of the then-reigning Pope Urban VIII. The task of executing the designs and painting the cartoons was originally assigned to Pietro da Cortona and later to his pupils. The workshop produced series for the Barberini family. The Union of the Duchy of Urbino with the Church belongs to a series of ten tapestries with borders, all illustrating important episodes in the pope's life. It was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini as an act of homage and gratitude to his uncle, who died in 1644. ## Related artworks - [Lorenzo de' Medici and His Artists in the Sculpture Garden]() - [Portable Altar]() - [Textile fragment]() - [Throne Upholstery]() - [Urban VIII Consecrates St Peter's Basilica]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()