About This Artwork

After a design by Justus van Egmont (1601–1674)
Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans (1637/39–1725)
Flanders, Brussels

Caesar Defeats the Troops of Pompey from The Story Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
673.5 x 370.2 cm (265 1/8 x 145 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1944.14