The Dying Cleopatra, Jan van Scorel (attributed to), c. 1520 - c. 1524

Title(s)

The Dying Cleopatra

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2843

Description

De stervende Egyptische koningin Cleopatra. Cleopatra ligt naakt op de voorgrond in een landschap met de adder in de rechterhand bij haar borst.

Artist

• painter: Jan van Scorel (attributed to)

Dating

c. 1520 - c. 1524

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 36.3 cm × width 61.3 cm
frame: height 51.5 cm × width 75.5 cm × thickness 7 cm

What

• death of Cleopatra: she commits suicide by holding to her breast an asp, which she has taken from a basket of figs

Who

• Cleopatra VII (koningin van Egypte)

Credit line

• A. de Stuers Bequest

Acquisition

bequest Jul-1920

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 84
• The impact of oil : 16th century Netherlandish responses to Italian challenges, Arie Wallert