“the tapestry Dancing Cherubs, one of the fabrics belonging to the renowned series the Stories of Moses commissioned by the Gonzaga family and woven in Mantua between 1554 and 1556 by Nicola Karcher, based on the cartoons by Giovan Battista Bertani.
The six little putti near to the festoon overflowing with fruit, the border full of wild game characteristic of the Mantuan countryside and bearing the insignia of Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga (GUGLIELMUS DUX MANTUE) are the fitting outcome of a precious weaving of silk, wool, silver, and gold.”