print
- Museum number
- 1861,1012.2257
- Title
- Object: The death of Cleopatra
- Description
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The Queen lying dead on a bed to left, one of her ladies swooning at the foot of the bed, another lifting the crown from her head and fainting back into the arms of two Roman soldiers, while another stands with his back to the viewer, arms raised as he alerts others running up from an adjoining room to right; after a painting by Pierre Mignard. 1820
Engraving
- Production date
- 1820
- Dimensions
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Height: 353 millimetres
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Width: 502 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This painting is not recorded by Spear. As Dr François Marandet has pointed out this and 1849,0512.33 are after a painting by Pierre Mignard at Knole.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,1012.2257
