After a design by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, 1601–1674)
Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans (Flemish, 1637/39–1725)
Brussels
Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra
INV-4966
After a design by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, 1601–1674)
Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans (Flemish, 1637/39–1725)
Brusselsc. 1680
Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra
After a design by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, 1601–1674) Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans (Flemish, 1637/39–1725) Brussels →weaving - tapestrytextile
Date
c. 1680
Medium
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 9 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.1 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 46 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm
Dimensions
321.9 × 362 cm (126 3/4 × 142 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson
To impress Antony, Cleopatra promised to organize the most lavish supper he had ever attended. The meal itself was ordinary, but at its end, Cleopatra dissolved a pearl in a cup of vinegar and drank it. This event was not recorded by Plutarch; it derives from Pliny’s Natural History (1st century A.D.).
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