Caesar and Cleopatra Enjoying Themselves, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

A framed tapestry shows a crowned woman in a red and white gown riding a grey horse beside a helmeted man on a brown horse, with a winged figure above and a soldier at left. Floral and fruit garlands border the scene, and a cartouche with an inscription sits at top.

Artist

Workshop of Gerard Peemans

Date

c. 1680

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 m

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 1689 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson