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BY GERAERT VAN DER STREKEN, BRUSSELS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT
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A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
BY GERAERT VAN DER STREKEN, BRUSSELS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT
Depicting 'The Death of Cleopatra', within an elaborate architectural border with fruiting floral garlands, the upper border centred with a scrollwork cartouche with Latin inscription CLEOPATRA NE IN TRIUMP DVCATVR ASPIDIS MORSV SIBI MORTEM INFERT
12 ft. 3 in. (373 cm.) x 10 ft. 9 in. (328 cm.)
BY GERAERT VAN DER STREKEN, BRUSSELS, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, AFTER JUSTUS VAN EGMONT
Depicting 'The Death of Cleopatra', within an elaborate architectural border with fruiting floral garlands, the upper border centred with a scrollwork cartouche with Latin inscription CLEOPATRA NE IN TRIUMP DVCATVR ASPIDIS MORSV SIBI MORTEM INFERT
12 ft. 3 in. (373 cm.) x 10 ft. 9 in. (328 cm.)
Provenance
Formerly at Coker Court, Somerset, possibly commissioned by William Helyar (d. 1697) with whose descendants it remained until the 1970s.
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