About This Artwork

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

Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, c. 1680

Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
536.7 x 368.4 cm (211 1/4 x 145 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1944.22