Cleopatra's banket, Jakob Frey (I), after Carlo Maratta, 1720

Title(s)

Cleopatra's banket

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-116.016

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 59

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Jakob Frey (I) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Carlo Maratta (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1720

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 370 mm × width 244 mm

What

• banquet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra: she dissolves a pearl in a cup of wine, which she then drinks

Who

• Cleopatra VII (koningin van Egypte)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Jakob Frey (1681-1752) : Kupferstecher und Verleger in Rom, Marie Therese Bätschmann, p. 224, cat.nr. 174
• Schweizerisches Künstler-Lexikon, dl. 1, p. 490, cat.nr. 32
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 2, p. 253, cat.nr. 59