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Statua di Cleopatra Regina d'Egitto che Dorme con l'Aspide Legato al Braccio Sinistro.
Statua di Cleopatra Regina d'Egitto che Dorme con l'Aspide Legato al Braccio Sinistro. VIII.
Gio. Batis. de Poilly Sculp.
In Roma nella Stamp.a di Domenico de Rossi alla Pace con privilegio. [n.d. c.1704.]
Engraving. Plate 235 x 324mm. 9¼ x 12¾". Trimmed to plate left and right.
Cleopatra VII (69 BC-30 BC), Egyptian Queen, lover of Julius Caesar and later the wife of Mark Antony. After the Roman armies of Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) defeated their combined forces, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide, and Egypt fell under Roman domination. Rather than be dragged through the city in which she had been borne as a queen, she killed herself, possibly by means of an asp, symbol of divine royalty. From "Raccolta Di Statue Antiche E Moderne".
[Ref: 24900]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Statua d Marforio nel Palazzo Capitolino.
Statua d Marforio nel Palazzo Capitolino. XXVI.
Gio. Batis. de Poilly Sculp.
In Roma nella Stamp.a di Domenico de Rossi alla Pace con Privil. [n.d. c.1704.]
Engraving. Plate 217 x 341mm. 8½ x 13½". Trimmed to plate left and right.
Marphurius, one of the talking statues of Rome. A Roman marble sculpture of a reclining bearded river god, which in the past has been variously identified as a depiction of Jupiter, Neptune, or the Tiber. From "Raccolta Di Statue Antiche E Moderne".
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Exclaimauit Susanna. [...].
Exclaimauit Susanna. [...]. A Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur Philippe d'Orleans Duc de Chartres.
Ant. Coypel in et pinx. Joan. Bap. Poilly Sculpsit.
[n.d., c 1700.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 525 x 695mm (20¾ x 27½"). Cut to image. Laid on 18th century backing sheet.
Susanna accused by the elders. A classical setting Susanna, standing with her arms outstretched in the centre. The two elders pointing at her with crowds surrounding them, with many people expressing grief. Susannah was a biblical figure, a virtuous woman who refused the advances of two elders. In revenge she was brought to trial and condemned to death, but rescued by Daniel, sent from God. Lettered below with titles and a dedication to Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, Regent of France. After French historical painter Antoine Coypel (1661 - 1722).
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