About This Artwork

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

Caesar Throws Himself into the Sea from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
351.2 x 362.4 cm (138 1/4 x 142 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1944.18