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The Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

Workshop of Gerard Peemans, c. 1680

The Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra by Workshop of Gerard Peemans
The Discovery of the Plot to Kill Caesar and Cleopatra from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra by Workshop of Gerard Peemans, 5.25 m × 3.71 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

5.25 m × 3.71 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 3.1 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

This work 3.71 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
3.71 m
Width
5.25 m
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
Kind
Textile
Made in
Brussels
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
525.5 × 370.6 cm (206 7/8 × 145 7/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 3.71 m × 5.25 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
5.25 m × 3.71 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1680. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson.
How was it made?
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, made in Brussels.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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