Item details
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Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
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Accession number
DPG160
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Artist
Manner of Guido Cagnacci
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Date
Probably 17th Century
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Dimensions
75.3 x 62.3 cm
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Materials
Oil on canvas
DPG160 seems to be a copy of a picture currently in the collection of Richard F. Spear, which is close in style to Cagnacci. It depicts the scene of Cleopatra's tragic death: traditionally, Cleopatra is believed to have killed herself by inducing a snake (in some sources, an Egyptian cobra) to bite her chest.
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