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The Banquet of Cleopatra is a painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo completed in 1744. [1] It is now in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. [2] [3]The subject of the painting is a supposed historical banquet, hosted by Cleopatra for Marc Antony, and described by both Pliny's Natural History (9.58.119–121) and Plutarch's Lives (Antony 25.36.1).
The most notable painting is by The Banquet of Cleopatra by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, now in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. [4] [5] Tiepolo also painted two other different compositions with the subject, and it was also painted by various artists, including in Italian palace decorations.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (/ t i ˈ ɛ p ə l oʊ / tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː-]; [1] 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Poster for the film Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara The Triumph of Cleopatra, by William Etty, 1821, now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight The Banquet of Cleopatra, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1744, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne [4] The Banquet of Cleopatra was a frequently used subject in art, mainly of the Baroque ...
The Banquet of Cleopatra (Tiepolo) C. Ca' Dolfin Tiepolos; D. Deposition (Tiepolo) F. The Flight into Egypt in a Boat; H. Henry III Received at the Villa Contarini; I.
The royal siblings soon began to disagree on matters, and a full-fledged civil war broke out in 48 B.C. Cleopatra soon became close with the infamous Julius Caesar, as Rome had become the greatest ...
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