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Geraert Peemans

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

c. 1680
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
525.5 × 370.6 cm (206.9 × 145.9 in)

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