Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 239

Department

Textiles

Artists

Guilliam van Leefdael (Manufacturer) , Justus van Egmont

Title

Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

Places

Flanders (Object made in), Brussels (Object made in), Belgium (Object made in)

Date

Made 1675-1685

Medium

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

Inscriptions

Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; GVILLAM·VAN·LEEFDAEL Inscribed: CLEOPATRA / APOLLODORI·CYMBA·NOCTE / ALEXANDRIAM·INVEHITVR / CVM·IVLIO·ET·FRATRE / REGE·COMPONIT (During the night, Cleopatra and Apollodorus enter Alexandria in a boat; together with Caesar and her brother, she becomes ruler)

Dimensions

343.4 × 361.6 cm (135 1/4 × 142 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson

Reference Number

1944.16

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