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Art handlers and crane operators carefully load into the West Building
a one thousand-pound crate containing one of three tapestries in the exhibition The
Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view
at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Art handlers and crane operators carefully
load into the West Building a one thousand-pound crate containing one
of three tapestries in the exhibition The Art of Power: Royal Armor
and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view at the National Gallery
of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Art handlers carefully unroll from left-to-right
using a lift, the six hundred-pound tapestry Review of the Troops
at Barcelona, from the series "The Conquest of Tunis" (c.1554)
lent by the Royal Palace in Madrid. The tapestry is one of many magnificent
objects on view in the exhibition The Art of Power: Royal Armor and
Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view at the National Gallery of
Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Art handlers carefully unfold from top-to-bottom using a wench-operated
mast-style lift truck, the eight hundred-pound tapestry Fame from
the series The Honors (c. 1520), lent by the Tapestry Museum at
the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. The tapestry is one of
many magnificent objects on view in the exhibition The Art of Power:
Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view at the National
Gallery of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Art handlers carefully unpack a horse model in preparation for the installation
of one of three sets of equestrian armor, on view in the exhibition The
Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view
at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Alvaro Soler del Campo, director of the Royal Armory, Madrid, and Mark
Leithauser, chief of the design department, National Gallery of Art, install
the exquisite Italian-made parade helmet of Emperor Charles V (1533), the
first object visitors will see in the exhibition The Art of Power:
Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view at the National
Gallery of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Alvaro Soler del Campo, director of the Royal Armory, Madrid, adjusts the
exquisite Italian-made parade helmet of Emperor Charles V (1533), the first
object visitors will see in the exhibition The Art of Power: Royal
Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain, on view at the National Gallery
of Art, Washington, June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Victorino Lastras, conservator from the Royal Armory in Madrid, completes
installation of the magnificent full garniture of German-made armor of
Emperor Charles V (c.1525) in front of the tapestry Review of the Troops
at Barcelona, from the series "The Conquest of Tunis" (c.1554),
in the exhibition The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from
Imperial Spain, on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington,
June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Alvaro Soler del Campo, director of the Royal Armory, Madrid, completes
installation of the full garniture of Italian-made armor of Emperor Charles
V (1539) in the exhibition The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits
from Imperial Spain, on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington,
June 28-November 29, 2009.
Photo by Rob Shelley. © 2009 National Gallery of Art, Washington
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