Death of Cleopatra. Egmont, Justus van (Dutch, 1601-1674) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'8" x W 10'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.; 8-9/cm); wool & silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome (?). King Ludwig of Bavaria (d. 1886) (?). Sypher & Co., New York sold to Mr. William Coles; bequeathed to museum
Death of Cleopatra. Egmont, Justus van (Dutch, 1601-1674) (author of design) [painter] Leefdael, Jan van (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] Strecken, Geraert van der (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1650 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'8" x W 10'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.; 8-9/cm); wool & silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Barberini coll., Rome (?). King Ludwig of Bavaria (d. 1886) (?). Sypher & Co., New York sold to Mr. William Coles; bequeathed to museum by Mrs. William Coles (Elizabeth U. Coles) in 1892. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left of center Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche, in center [partially legible in photograph]: CLEOPATRA NE IN / TRIVNPHVM [sic] DVCATVR / ASPIDIS MORSV SIBI / MORTEM INFERT Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right of center: G. V. D. STRECKEN Crowned Cleopatra sits in bed-chamber & holds asp in her right hand as it bites her arm, basket with figs on her lap (center, foreground); maid-servants, Iras & Charmion are seated next to Cleopatra (L, foreground); 3 Roman soldiers wait outside (L, background) (L & R BRD) cherub flies down to bowl of fruit, eagles, playing cherubim; (UPR BRD) egg-&-dart molding, garlands of flowers & fruit flank central cartouche with inscription; (LWR BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit flank central cartouche with landscape 5 tapestries in set of probably 8 or more. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I:206-217, no. 32e Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0239788-0239789 (Ref. 32a), 0239792-0239793 (Ref. 32b), 0239798:2938799 (Ref. 32c), 0239811-0239812, 0240814 (Ref. 32d), 0240815-0240817 (32e); another similar set, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, GCPA 0239790, 0239794, 0239796-0239797, 0239800-0239801, 0239804-0239805, 0239810, 0239813
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