Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor Caesar Crowned by Fame From a set of the Story of Caesar Design and cartoon by an artist tentatively identified here as Charles Poerson, ca. 1650–67 Woven in the workshop of Jean or Hieronymus Le Clerc, Brussels, ca. 1660–80 Wool and silk; 12 ft. 3 1/4 in. x 13 ft. 4 1/4 in. (374 x 407 cm) Kunstkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (T CV2 2) Standing in a rowboat on rough seas, Caesar points at the figure of Fortuna, who sits above him on a wheel of fortune as she crowns him with a laurel wreath. Three of the rowers look in surprise at Caesar, but none sees Fortuna. Personifications of the winds appear in the upper left corner. The tapestry is framed at the sides by bronzed herm figures—a sophisticated reprisal of the architectural framing device initiated by Rubens during the 1630s—who support a garland of laurel leaves in the upper border, along with a scroll with an inscription in Latin that reads: "You carry Caesar's fortune together with Caesar." The herms stand on an elegantly carved base, centered by a globe flanked by cornucopias.