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The Dying Cleopatra

Jan van Scorel

c. 1520 - c. 1524

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 36.3cm × w 61.3cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

panel; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

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

Acquisition Method

bequest

Acquired

1920

Notes

lijst: hoogte 51,5 cm x breedte 75,5 cm x dikte 7 cm

Collection Type

paintings

About Jan van Scorel

1495–1562 • Habsburg Netherlands

Comment on works: Religious

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