Antony and Cleopatra
After defeating Caesar's killers at Philippi, Antony wanted to meet Cleopatra for an alliance. Antony and Cleopatra became lovers but the famous relationship ended tragically with the death of the protagonists after the defeat at Actium. The love story between the Roman leader and the last pharaoh of Egypt inspired the works of numerous artists. William Shakespeare wrote the 5-act historical tragedy which was first performed in 1607 or 1608 and which was printed many times in the centuries.
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The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp wriggles around Cleopatra's left arm and is about to bite her in the breast. Heliogravure after H. Beham. Cleopatra VII (69 BC-30 BC), Egyptian Queen, lover of Julius Caesar and later the wife of Mark Antony. After th…
Marcus Antonius sterft in de armen van Cleopatra. Een van de metgezellinnen van Cleopatra treurt aan de voeten van Marcus Antonius.
Cleopatra en metgezellinnen laten de stervende Marcus Antonius uit het venster van een tombe zakken met behulp van touwen.
Munich, Bavarian State Library -- P.o.angl. 360 z-7
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Figure/Person: Michael Janisch; Figure/Person: Käthe Gold
Figure/Person: Charlotte Wolter; Figure/Person: Fanny Walbeck
Bildunterschrift: [His Highness the Khedive arrives Thursday, June 21.]
Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony on who could give the most lavish banquet. She won by dissolving a priceless pearl in vinegar and then drinking the mixture. De Lairesse painted this story like a scene from a play, situating the figures clad in antiq…
Greek grammar. The Greek Alphabet from Nicolaus Clenardus' Institutiones absolutissimae in linguam Graecam. Printed by Thomas Richard (Paris, 1557)