Portrait of a Woman as Cleopatra
Aside from the curiosity of this wealthy Venetian woman choosing to have herself portrayed as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, just as she is about to apply the poisonous asp to her breast, this painting is a remarkably interesting view of a Venetian bedroom in the later 1500s. The...
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Valentino Benefatto, Venice, prior to 1856 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Count of Chambord, Palace Vendramin, Venice [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; F. Ongania, Venice [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Catalogue III, 1909, no. 68]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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3
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.534 |
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oil on canvas
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