Cleopatra met de slang, Robert Strange, after Guido Reni, 1753

Title(s)

Cleopatra met de slang

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-19.032

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 22-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Robert Strange (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Robert Strange (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Guido Reni (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Robert Strange (mentioned on object)
• Robert Strange (mentioned on object)
• Augusta van Saksen-Gotha (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1753

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 411 mm × width 308 mm

What

• death of Cleopatra: she commits suicide by holding to her breast an asp, which she has taken from a basket of figs
• historical persons

Who

• Cleopatra VII (koningin van Egypte)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 3, p. 603, cat.nr. 22-III