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Guilliam van Leefdael

Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

c. 1680
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
343.4 × 361.6 cm (135.2 × 142.4 in)

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