About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artists
- Workshop of Willem van Leefdael (Manufacturer) , Justus van Egmont
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Title
- Caesar in the Gallic Wars from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Caesar in the Gallic Wars
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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 four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 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: 0.7–0.9 mm
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Inscriptions
- Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; G·V·LEEFDAEL Inscribed: IN·PVGNA / GAVLENSI·DIMICANTIBVS / FEMINIS·ET·PVERIS / SEMPER·EST·PEDES / CAESAR (Women and children fight in the Gallic Wars; Caesar always fights on foot)
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Dimensions
- 505.3 × 361.9 cm (199 × 142 3/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
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Reference Number
- 1944.20
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/49673/manifest.json
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