In 1515, the Medici Pope Leo X, an art collector, met with Raffaele Santi, the Italian painter known as Raphael. He wanted designs for 10 tapestries, which would line the Sistine Chapel with scenes from the lives of Peter and Paul. At the time, Brussels was the heartland of tapestry production, so once Raphael completed the designs they were shipped up North, where weavers used delicate silks and gold threads to create the masterpieces. After that commission, a revolution in tapestry design took hold in Flemish ateliers, which shifted their focus to depictions of religious scenes and iconography. This exhibition presents Flemish tapestries from periods both pre-Raphael and post-Raphael. —Elena Clavarino