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Artist: Allori, Alessandro (5)

Period: 16th century (4567)

Type: chalk (1606) | ink (2963)

Style: Italian (1743)

Subjects: Antonius, Marcus, 83?-30 B.C.  (0) | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. (7)

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Banquet of Cleopatra

Circa 1580

Allori, Alessandro    more

Pen and ink (brown), bodycolour (white), chalk (black) on paper

height: 44.3 cm; width: 30.5 cm

Notes
large frame

Inscription
Ink and pen, verso, N.20
Stamped, ink, collector's mark of Rey de la Villette, Lugt 2200a

Acquisition
Witt Fund; purchase; 1963 (June)
D.1963.WF.4728

Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London