Title: Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Object type: Tapestry
Date: designed ca. 1650, woven 1650–77
Artist: Designed by Justus van Egmont 
Artist bio: Flemish, Leiden 1601–1674 Antwerp
Artist nationality: Flemish
Artist role: Designer
Medium: Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: H. 166 x W. 129 inches 421.6 x 327.7 cm
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fruit, term: Cleopatra, term: Men, term: Women, term: Cupid