Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819

Title(s)

Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra
Marc' Antonio muore fra le braccia di Cleopatra (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

101/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-266

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 101

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra.’

Description

Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra. Een van de metgezellinnen van Cleopatra treurt aan de voeten van Marcus Antonius.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1819

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 315 mm × width 424 mm

What

• death of Mark Antony: he dies after having stabbed himself: Cleopatra grieves at his bedside

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, Mario Apolloni, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 101