Identification title(s): mark antony dies in the arms of cleopatra la mort de marc antoine (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-56. 533. Catalog reference: leblanc 4-2(2), number of states known-3(3). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: numbered top left: 22 pcs pla. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johann georg wille (mentioned on object), after a painting by: pompeo batoni (mentioned on object), publisher: johann georg wille (mentioned on object), dedicated by: johann georg wille (mentioned on object), dedicated to: paul i (tsar of russia) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: paris. Dating: 1778. Material and technology. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: height 382 mm × width 491 mm. Subject: what: death of mark antony: he dies after having stabbed himself: cleopatra grieves at his bedside, armorial bearing, heraldry. Who: cleopatra vii (queen of egypt), mark antony. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1778.
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