Caesar Restoring Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt

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Caesar Restoring Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt (c. 1637-1643) by Pietro da Cortona

Caesar Restoring Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt' is an oil on canvas painting by

musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon since 1811.[2][1]

The usual interpretation is that it shows

Pitti Palace
).

Da Cortona made several preparatory drawings for Caesar, including one also in Florence at the

Poussin's Camillus Handing the Falerian Schoolmaster over to his Pupils
, another painting in the set (both Poussin and da Cortona ultimately adapting their two works de La Vrillière's gallery).

Notes

  1. ^ The other two are Augustus and the Tiburian Sibyl and Faustulus Entrusting Romulus and Remus to Larentia (also known as Remus Discovered).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "base Joconde entry" (in French).
  2. ^ "Catalogue entry" (in French).
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