Unknown (Cleopatra)

Painting Lot A-81024
Unknown (16th century)
Cleopatra

Oil on panel, 46 x 60 cm

 

Painting

This beautiful painting reflects the banquet of the Egypt Queen Cleopatra. The painting is an imaginary scene, illustrating the history of Cleopatra. In the painting, one can see a well decorated and luxurious are with Cleopatra sitting in the middle. The people around her are trying to give her everything she needs. The painting is not signed, but in those days most of the paintings were not signed. According to our art specialists, this painting must be painted round 1700. The painting has a hand painted 17th/18th-century frame.