'Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death', late 19th century. Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

'Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death', late 19th century.   Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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'Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death', late 19th century. The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, which ended with Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), was founded by Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy Soter whose portion of the empire divided after Alexander's death included Egypt. Private collection


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Creator
  1. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, attributed to: British: Artist, painter, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Cleopatra: Greek, Egyptian: Queen

Medium
  1. Oil

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4266x2466
File Size : 30,821kb


Aliases

  1. 900341
  1. F410729
  1. 0510000517
  1. 1-155-499
  1. 1155499
  1. 517
  1. 900341

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