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Johann Georg Wille and Caspar Netscher

The Death of Cleopatra

1748

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The Death of Cleopatra

1748

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

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