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Cleopatra killing herself — MetaHistoryBook
Cleopatra killing herself
painting by Claude Vignon
By
Claude Vignon
Wikidata (Q17355240) ↗
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Created
1645
Dimensions
95 cm (height) · 81.5 cm (width)
Material
oil paint
,
canvas
Depicts
Cleopatra
,
toplessness
,
woman
,
aspic viper
,
crown
,
sitting
,
female breast
,
earring
,
snakebite
,
suicide
,
blood
,
nudity
Subject
death of Cleopatra
Genre
history painting
Collection
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
Location
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
Owned by
municipality of Rennes
Based on
death of Cleopatra
Rights
public domain
Inventory no.
1985.1.1
instance of
painting
significant event
sales
