Print made by Jean Marie Delatre, 1746–1840, French, The Death of Mark Antony, 1805
- Title:
- The Death of Mark Antony
- Additional Title(s):
La mort de Marc Antoine
The Death of Mark Anthony- Date:
- 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (37.2 × 31.1 cm), Image: 11 7/16 × 11 7/16 inches (29 × 29 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "John M. DELATRE"; on back, lower right, written upside down: "6064 | 3/- | [crossed out illegible inscriptions]"
Lettered in black ink, along lower left border of tondo image: "Angelica Kauffman pinxit."; along lower right border of tondo image: "J. M. Delattre sculpsit."; lower center: "THE DEATH OF MARK ANTHONY. | La Mort de Marc. Antoine. | London Published Jany 15, 1805, by A. Molteno, No. 29 Pall Mall, Printseller to her R. H. the Duchess of York."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.265
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ancient | armor | bed (furniture) | chalice | chiton | Classical | costume | curtains | death | death of Mark Antony: he dies after having stabbed himself; Cleopatra grieves at his bedside | drapery | feathers | gold | helmet | historical subject | interior | love | man | nobility | relief | Roman | sandals | servant | stola | suicide | togas | tondo | tunics | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Marcus Antonius (83 BC–30 BC), Roman politician and general - Access:
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