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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1574 - 1637 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Cleopatra commits suicide and holds the snake to her bare breast. In the foreground sits a chained monkey sniffing a flower. Bottom center a motto in Latin referring to Cleopatra's immoral act. In the margin a two-line inscription in Latin.

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Credit lineCleopatra. 1574 - 1637. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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