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Cleopatra Captured by Roman Soldiers after the Death of Mark Antony
178945 x 58 in. (114.3 x 147.3 cm)
Bernard Duvivier
France (Bruges, Flanders, 1762 - 1837, Paris, France)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1984.40
Location: Currently on view
Duvivier received his initial training in Bruges and then moved to Paris, where he assimilated the severe Neoclassical style perfected by Jacques-Louis David. In this early work, Duvivier combined the poses of several antique statues to illustrate an episode recounted in Plutarch's "Life of Mark Anthony." Following Anthony's suicide, a Roman soldier attempts to forestall the Egyptian queen's own death by promising that Octavian Caesar will show her clemency. The subtle, glowing colors, precise attention to detail, and impeccable draughtsmanship presage the artist's occasional work as a miniaturist.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Provenance
Private collection, France, until 1984; sold at Sotheby's, Monaco, March 5, 1984; purchased at that sale by Patrick Weiler (dealer), Paris; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1984
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Painting in France 1700-1800 Memorial Art Gallery 5/2/1987 - 1/22/1988
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Rosenthal, Donald and Bernard Barryte. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 88-89
- Article Title: Exhibition of French Paintings to Mark Gallery's Opening Celebration. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: May-June 1987. Page Number: 5
- Article Title: "Rococo to Regency" and "La Grande Manière". Art Journal. New York, New York: College Art Association of America Volume Number: 47, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: Spring 1988. Page Number: 46-48, Figure Number: 2, p.48
- Article Author: Rosenthal, Donald A.. Article Title: A Cleopatra by Bernard Duvivier. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 8 Issue Date: 1985. Page Number: 13-25, Figure Number: 1, p. 13; Fig. 10, p.24 (detail; infra-red)
- Article Author: Brayer, Betsy. Article Title: MAGnificent!. Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press Issue Date: Summer 1987. Page Number: 8
- Article Title: Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1984. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Paris, France: Gazette des Beaux-Arts Issue Number: 1394. Issue Date: Supplement, March 1985. Figure Number: 220
- Grant Holcomb, III, ed. Voices in the Gallery: Writers on Art. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Donald Rosenthal. La Grande Manière: Historical and Religious Painting in France 1700-1800. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1987.
- Article Title: Scrapbook. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Rutgers Magazine. The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers Volume Number: 66, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: September/October 1987. Page Number: 48
- Article Author: Ritschard, Claude. Article Title: La Mort à la Porte. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Cléopâtre dans le Miroir de l'Art Occidental. Geneve: Musée d'art et d'histoire, 2004. Page Number: 179-183, Figure Number: 1, p. 179
- Article Author: Marechal, Dominique. Article Title: J. Bernard Duvivier (1762-1837), een brugge neoclassicistische fijnschilder.... Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Jaarboek, Stad Brugge. Bruges, Belgium: Stedelijke Musea Issue Date: 1995-1996. Page Number: 216-237
- Charles Bernstein. Girly Man. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press
- (585) Magazine. Rochester, NY: 585 Publishing
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