About This Artwork

After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)
Woven at the workshop of Willem van Leefdael (1632–1688)
Flanders, Brussels

Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra, c. 1680

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
392.4 x 359.6 cm (154 1/2 x 141 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1944.11