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The suicide of Cleopatra. Heliogravure after H. Beham.
The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp wriggles around Cleopatra's left arm and is about to bite her in the breast. Heliogravure after H. Beham. Cleopatra VII (69 BC-30 BC), Egyptian Queen, lover of Julius Caesar and later the wife of Mark Antony. After the Roman armies of Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) defeated their combined forces, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, and Egypt fell under…
Creator
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Hans Sebald Beham
Type of item
- Collotypes
Creator
- Hans Sebald Beham
- Hans Sebald Beham
Type of item
- Collotypes
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- V0041559
Identifier
- V0041559
- b1200747
- ICV No 42142
- Iconographic Collection 42931i
- hye296cu
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:20:38.838Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:20:38.838Z