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Cleopatra on the left with three female attendants, Augustus on the right with two soldiers behind him; after Pietro da Cortona's lunette in the Sala di Venere in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) Italian
Albertus Clouwet Flemish
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

ca. 1656–79

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Title: Cleopatra on the left with three female attendants, Augustus on the right with two soldiers behind him; after Pietro da Cortona's lunette in the Sala di Venere in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Artist: After Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome)

Artist: Albertus Clouwet (Flemish, 1636–1679)

Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)

Published in: London

Date: ca. 1656–79

Medium: Engraving and etching

Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 9 in. × 15 3/8 in. (22.8 × 39 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number: 47.100.1072

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