The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 B.C.
1885 · Oil on Panel
Dimensions 65.4 × 91.4 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
The subject of Cleopatra had become a favorite of Lawrence Alma-Tadema in his later career. Cleopatra was modeled by his second wife Laura Epps. The paintings of Cleopatra and Egypt woulkd go on to be major influences on later Hollywood movies and consequently would shape the general public's view of Egypt.
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The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 B.C. (1885) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, oil on Panel, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.
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