Identification title(s): death of cleopatra. Object type: print object number: rp-p-2004-6. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 25. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228 collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760 collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 3183. Description: cleopatra commits suicide by being bitten by a snake. Behind her a putto. The scene is contained in an ornamental border decorated with flowers. A caption in latin in the margin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pieter perret (mentioned on object), publisher: jan baptist de wael (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: antwerp. Dating: ca. 1652 - before 1669. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 204 mm × w 153 mm. Subject: what: death of cleopatra: she commits suicide by holding to her breast an asp, which she has taken from a basket of figsflowers ~ ornament. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase december 11, 2003. Date: ca. 1652 - voor 1669.
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