Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra
Workshop of Gerard Peemans
1675–1685
- 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 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 36 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; silk: pairs and three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 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: 0.8–1.0 mm
- Dimensions
- 525.5 × 370.6 cm (206 7/8 × 145 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- weaving - tapestry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
wool (textile)weaving - tapestryTextile
