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Weaving workshop directed by Jan van Leefdael
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Title: Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Designer:
Designed by Justus van Egmont (Flemish, Leiden 1601–1674 Antwerp)
Maker:
Weaving workshop directed by Jan van Leefdael (Brussels, active 1644–60)
Date: designed ca. 1650, woven 1650–77
Culture: Flemish, Brussels
Medium: Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: H. 165 x W. 129 inches (419.1 x 327.7 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892
Object Number: 92.1.8
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