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 in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
505.3 x 361.9 cm (199 x 142 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1944.20