Caesar Throws Himself into the Sea from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

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Caesar Throws Himself into the Sea from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

After a design by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, 1601–1674)LinkedCulture matchlcp-6c2dd7b77fed

Date
c. 1680
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: 0.6–0.8 mm Weft: Count: varies from 22 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.0 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: 0.5–1.0 mm
Culture
Brussels
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
49667

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Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
Provenance
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, 1944.

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AAT300014063

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