Dood van Cleopatra, Willem Panneels, after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610 - 1634

Title(s)

Dood van Cleopatra

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-24.428

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 30-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• inscription: ‘1537; 61 (doorgestreept); 97 (doorgestreept)’

Description

Cleopatra pleegt zelfmoord en zit met de slang aan haar ontblote borst. In haar rechterhand houdt ze de vijgenmand waarin de slang verborgen zat.

Artist

• print maker: Willem Panneels (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Frans van den Wijngaerde (mentioned on object)

Place

Frankfurt am Main

Dating

c. 1610 - 1634

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 187 mm × width 146 mm

What

• death of Cleopatra: she commits suicide by holding to her breast an asp, which she has taken from a basket of figs

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Van Ostade - De Passe, p. 124, cat.nr. 30