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Painting
Cleopatra Captured by Roman Soldiers after the Death of Mark Antony
Bernard Duvivier, 1762 - 1837
Duvivier, Bernard
France
1762 - 1837
Male
45 x 58 in. (114.3 x 147.3 cm)
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without frame
Oil
Oil
1789
1789
1789
1600-1800, 18th century, Cleopatra, narratives, paintings
Painting
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]
lower rightback of frameback of stretcherback of stretcher, Very modernback of stretcher, On crossbar of stretcher
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