Facing each other across the large room, both works measure roughly 6 feet by 20 feet and consist of three panels in tempera on canvas.

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The seat cushions, which feature central inlay panels in a high-quality canvas material, display an embossed pattern that continues the saddle theme.

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Attempting to achieve the enamel-like surface of early Renaissance panel painting, they painted on smooth panels or on fine-woven canvas rigidly stretched.

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