Identification title(s): cleopatra and augustus. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-7418. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso bottom left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: the print depicts a fresco in the pallazo pitti: the meeting between cleopatra and augustus, after the battle of actium and the death of antony. Cleopatra kneels at augustus' feet and with her arms spread out she begs him to spare her. Augustus continues to stare impassively at the ground, echoing the historical description of this event by the roman historian dio. The print has a latin caption. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: albertus clouwet (mentioned on object), after a painting by: pietro da cortona (mentioned on object), publisher: jacobus de rubeis (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: rome; after a painting by: florence, publisher: rome. Dating: 1646 - 1679. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 226 mm × w 390 mm. Topic: what: cleopatra before the victorious augustus; she possibly gives him a list of her treasures. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1646 and 1679.
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