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Cleopatra

Date unknown

Hans Sebald Beham

(German, 1500–1550)
Culture
Germany
Medium
engraving
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1946.395
Catalogue raisonné
Pauli 81
Public Domain
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Not on view
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A vertically oriented engraving in black ink depicts Cleopatra seated on a stone block in a cell, head tilted right with mouth agape. She wears draped garments, pressing a snake's head to her chest. To our left, a barred window is inscribed "ISB," and to our right is an oval niche. A heavy chain and open manacle lie on the floor in the foreground, near her bare feet.

Cleopatra

Date unknown

Hans Sebald Beham

(German, 1500–1550)
Germany

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