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
- Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, The Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra
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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; diameter: 0.8 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: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 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: 0.8–1.0 mm
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Inscriptions
- Marked and signed: Brussels city mark; G·PEEMANS Inscribed: IVLIO·CESARI·CVM / CLEOPATRA·CONVIVANTI / MORS·INTENTATVR·SED / FRAVS·DETEGITVR (There is a plot to kill Caesar and Cleopatra during supper, but the plan is discovered)
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Dimensions
- 525.5 × 370.6 cm (206 7/8 × 145 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
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Reference Number
- 1944.21
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/49676/manifest.json
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