Dying Cleopatra, 1738

Title

Dying Cleopatra

Inventor

• after Nicolas Régnier nach Stefania Girometti

Period Produced

• 18th century
• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Bolognese

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a painting?
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert unten rechts (mit Rötel): 1738

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• portrayal of a historical event

Persons Shown

• Cleopatra VII (queen of Egypt)

Primary

• 98C(CLEOPATRA)68 death of Cleopatra: she commits suicide by holding to her breast an asp, which she has taken from a basket of figs
• 46E221 letter, envelope
• 42E131 mourning the dead

Historic Attribution

• Louis Fabricius Dubourg draughtsman
• after Guido Reni inventor