The Pearl of Cleopatra

Code :  ARARPI0148942

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The Pearl of Cleopatra

Code :  ARARPI0148942

not available

The Pearl of Cleopatra

Features

Artwork title:  La perla di Cleopatra

Artistic school:  North Italy School

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Historic Subject

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : La perla di Cleopatra

Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italian school of the early 18th century. The scene tells an episode in the love story between the queen of Egypt and the Roman triumvir Antonio: Cleopatra, to demonstrate her wealth and seduce the handsome general, prepares a sumptuous banquet, during which she chooses a pearl of inestimable value and he dissolves it in vinegar, then offering the drink, considered a powerful aphrodisiac, to Antonio. This beautiful painting represents the beautiful half-length queen, seductive in the play of nudity covered with precious jewels and draped in rich fabrics, while she is about to immerse a large pearl in a chalice: on her left the face of Antonio who stares at her astonished, fixed in a gesture of the hands that expresses the amazement at being the beneficiary of this extreme act, on the right some handmaids, admired and amazed. The whiteness of Cleopatra's complexion stands out in the center, while the other figures fade into the shadows on the sides, thus the apotheosis of beauty. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 117
Width: 99
Depth: 3

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 114
Width: 96

Additional Information

Artistic school: North Italy School

Age: 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject: Historic Subject

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.

Technical specification: Oil on Canvas

The oil painting is a painting technique using powder pigments mixed with bases in inert and oils.
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