The Dying Cleopatra
The model occurs in a Wedgwood jasper medallion.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Dying Cleopatra
- Artist: Probably by Robert Bateman Wray (British, Salisbury 1715–1779)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: British
- Medium: Colorless wax under glass; frame: gold wood
- Dimensions: Framed: 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (15.9 × 13.3 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Miniature
- Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
- Object Number: 50.187.24
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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