Cleopatra's Baths, Alexandria

Art Historical Context

Step into the sun-drenched ruins of ancient Alexandria with *Cleopatra's Baths, Alexandria* (1843), a captivating drawing by American artist Miner Kilbourne Kellogg Created during Kellogg's travels through Egypt and the Middle East, work captures the evocative remnants of what were long romanticized as the baths of the legendary queen Cleopatra VII. Though historically these Roman-era structures date to centuries after her time, they symbolized exotic allure and classical grandeur for 19th-century Western artists. Kellogg, a pioneering figure in American Orientalism, rendered the scene in int...