Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra, Johann Georg Wille, after Pompeo Batoni, 1778

Title(s)

Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra
La Mort de Marc Antoine (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-56.533

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 4-2(2)
• Aantal staten bekend-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Linksboven genummerd: 22st Pla.

Artist

• print maker: Johann Georg Wille (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Pompeo Batoni (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Johann Georg Wille (mentioned on object)
• Johann Georg Wille (mentioned on object)
• Paul I (tsaar van Rusland) (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1778

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 382 mm × width 491 mm

What

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

Who

• Cleopatra VII (koningin van Egypte)
• Marcus Antonius

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Jean Georges Wille, graveur, avec une notice biographique, p. 7-8, cat.nr. 4