Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra

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Textiles

c. 1680

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (Manufacturer) , Justus van Egmont
Title: Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea from The Story of Cleopatra, Cleopatra Enjoys Herself at Sea
Places: Flanders (Object made in:), Brussels (Object made in:)
Date: Made 1675-1685
Medium: Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two and three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm
Inscriptions: Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; G·V·I Inscribed: CLEOPATRA / IN·MARI·SE / RECREAT (Cleopatra enjoys herself at sea)
Dimensions: 392.4 × 359.6 cm (154 1/2 × 141 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
Reference Number: 1944.11
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Koenraad Brosens, ed., Christa C. Mayer Thurman, gen. ed., European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat., [exhibition: “The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago”] (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008) 138-165, cat. 19L (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Dinner with the Presidents, Oct. 27-Dec. 3, 1961.
Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestry, Nov. 1, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Deering Family Galleries of Medieval and Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor, Gallery 237, May 29, 2019-May 17, 2022 (Museum closed due to COVID-19 from Mar. 14-Jul. 30 and Nov. 19, 2020-Feb. 11, 2021).

Possibly the Villalonga family, Mallorca, to 1914 at the latest; Charles Deering (died 1927), Marycel, Sitges, Spain, by 1914; by descent to his daughters Mrs. Chauncey McCormick (born Marion Deering, died 1965) and Mrs. Ely Danielson (born Barbara Deering, died 1982); given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1944.

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