A miniature illustration from the 1409 ad illuminated manuscript of giovanni boccaccio's des cas de nobles hommes et femmes (now in the j. Paul getty museum, los angeles); it depicts mark antony and cleopatra in their tomb, with an asp slithering near her chest, and a bloody sword impaling his chest. Their figures are depicted as both dead bodies and as statues in a medieval gothic environment rather than an ancient hellenistic-period ptolemaic-egyptian setting. For further information see pp. 53-54 of anderson, jaynie (2003) tiepolo's cleopatra[1], melbourne: macmillan, isbn 9781876832445. Date: 1409.
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