Stock Photo - Liberal Arts. Rethoric, by Bruges Manifacture, 1665 - 1670, 17th Century, woll and silk tapestry, with a warp made of 7 threads per cm. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Castello Sforzesco, Civic Collections of Applied Art. Detail. This tapestry is part of a serie of six from the Sormani Collection on a drawing by Cornelis Schut partially by the artist. In the foreground the personification of Rethorica is pictured showing her back, surrounded by different figures of different ages. The woman points the background, where elegant buildings and a thick dark smoke can be seen.