Cleopatre Expirante, The Death of Cleopatra, a fan, the chickenskin leaf painted bright colours within an Etruscan border with cameos of doves, putti and trophies of love, the verso with a finch perched in a tree beside a butterfly, the ivory sticks pierced, the guardsticks backed with mother of pearl - 10in. (25cm.), Italian for the French market, circa 1810