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Guido Reni Follower – The Death of Cleopatra – 17th Century Italian Schoolca. 1650's
ca. 1650's
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Italian School
By a follower of Guido Reni (1575-1642)
The Death of Cleopatra
• 17th Century
• Oil on octagonal hewn oak panel, ca. 25 x 19 cm
• Octagonal frame, constructed out of a 19th Century gilt frame, ca. 32.5 x 27 cm
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Cleopatra, the last empress of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on an August day, in the year 30 BC, in Alexandria aged 39. According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her in the bosom - As depicted in the scene on this antique painting.
The painting is fairly clean, with nice rosy skin tones. Seems to have been cleaned maybe 50 years ago – however since that time new dirt, aka fly droppings have re-accumulated. Also, I can spot small areas of retouching – difficult to say. The painting presents very well, and the paint layer is complete and stable – A pretty little object, which has been around for 500 years.
Before the portrait was framed, one of the previous owners decided to nail the panel to the wall – this resulted in a hole at the top and a short hairline crack traveling down towards the center The crack is stable since 2016, which is when I bought the little painting and also fitted the clamps, which hold the panel in place in the frame.
The painting is on a hand-hewn oak panel which can be comfortably dated to the 17th century.
On the back there is the scurrile inscription : ‘Scuola del Banti or Bansi’ . Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any information, regarding this ‘School of B…’. There is also a number ‘26’ or ‘M6’ inscribed by the same hand nearby.
The portraits style and the subject matter is very close to the work of Guido Reni (1575-1642) – Numerous unknown, but nevertheless talented Italian artists would commercially re-paint variations of paintings created by the successful artists of their time.
This painting is well executed, and I particularly like the tears emerging in the beautiful eyes of the doomed queen. What drama. It is worth pointing out, that I never found a painting on which this bejeweled Cleopatra is exactly based on … so painted by an accomplished 17thC artistwith own ideas indeed, who certainly followed Reni in style; or even was in the circle of Reni.
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- Creation Year:ca. 1650's
- Dimensions:Height: 12.8 in (32.5 cm)Width: 10.63 in (27 cm)Depth: 0.12 in (3 mm)
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- Circle Of:Guido Reni (1575 - 1642)
- Period:Mid-17th Century
- Condition:Small hole with stable hairline crack and slight soiling.
- Gallery Location:Meinisberg, CH
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