Benedetto Gennari, 1633–1715, Italian, active in Britain (1674–89), Cleopatra, between 1674 and 1675
- Title:
- Cleopatra
- Date:
- between 1674 and 1675
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Support (PTG): 49 x 41 1/2 inches (124.5 x 105.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2004.1
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2004.1FR
- Subject Terms:
- bed | bracelet (jewelry) | costume | curtains | historical subject | jewelry | nude | portrait | woman
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt
- Associated People:
- Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
- Access:
- On view
- Exhibition History:
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Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
- Publications:
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Brett Dolman, Beauty sex and power, a story of debauchery and decadent art at the late Stuart court, 1660-1714 , Scala : Historic Royal Palaces, London, 2012, pp. 50, 51, ND1314.3 .D65 2012 (YCBA)
Martina Droth, Britain in the world: Highlights from the Yale Center for British Art in honor of Amy Meyers, Yale University Press, New Haven, London, p. 29, N6761 .Y33 2019 (LC) (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:53751
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