About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Workshop of Gerard Peemans (Manufacturer) , Justus van Egmont
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Title
- Caesar Defeats the Troops of Pompey from The Story Caesar and Cleopatra, Caesar Defeats the Troops of Pompey
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Places
- Flanders (Object made in:), Brussels (Object made in:)
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Date
- Made 1675-1685
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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: 0.7–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.9 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.9 mm
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Inscriptions
- Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; G·PEEMANS Inscribed: CAESAR / A·SACRIFICO·IN·ACIE / VISA·SVPRA·SVOS / FLAMMA·POMPEANOS·AD / XLIMILLA·VINCIT (Following an offer to the gods, Caesar sees a flame above his soldiers; he defeats Pompey’s approximately forty thousand soldiers)
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Dimensions
- 673.5 × 370.2 cm (265 1/8 × 145 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
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Reference Number
- 1944.14
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/151038/manifest.json
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