French School, late 18th Century

Cleopatra giving the List of her Treasures to Octavian

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French School, late 18th Century
Cleopatra giving the List of her Treasures to Octavian
black and white chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on blue paper, minor losses made up
351 x 387 mm.
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The subject is: Virgil reading the Aeneid to the Emperor Augustus and the fainting of Octovia. We are grateful for the assistance of Alastair Laing for this.

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