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Johann Georg Wille and Caspar Netscher

The Death of Cleopatra

1748-1758

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The Death of Cleopatra

Johann Georg Wille and Caspar Netscher

The Death of Cleopatra

The Death of Cleopatra

1748-1758

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 530 x 427 mm. (20 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.) Plate: 415 x 312 mm. (16 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.) Image: 359 x 301 mm. (14 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.818
Woman dying while her maid covers her face in horror.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Peint par Gaspar Netscher"; LWRC: "Mort de Cleopatre/ Gravé d'après le tableau original de Netscher/ d'un pied...etc"; BR: "Gravé par Jean Georges Wille"; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1575". Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; BR: Garrett stamp.

Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett

Artist

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
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Artist

Caspar Netscher

1638–1683

Dutch, 1639-1684
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1748–1758
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Boëtius Adam Bolswert, David Vinckeboons I, and others
All Conquering Death
1609
RUINES DE L'ABBAYE DE SAINT MAUR
Franz Edmund Weirotter and Johann Georg Wille
Ruines de l'abbaye de saint maur
1754–1764
DANCE OF DEATH IN SEVEN TEMPOS
Nicolas Eekman
Dance of Death in Seven Tempos
1923