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The Interview of Augustus and Cleopatra

Maker

After
(artist)
1728-1779

(engraver)
1743-1822

(publisher)
1719-1804

Title

The Interview of Augustus and Cleopatra

Date of Production

1784

Medium

mezzotint
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 59.2 cm
Width: 44.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7272

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes...
Fig. p. vol. 2, p. 180, no. 60

Inscriptions

Inscription: Le Chevalier Antionio Raphael Mengs Pinxit. / Dessini par Seydelmann. //

Inscription: John Boydell excudit London . / THE INTERVIEW OF AUGUSTUS AND CLEOPATRA. / After the Original Picture of the Same Size at Dresden. / In the Collection of D.A.R. Charles Comte de Comte de Callenberg, Lieut. General of the Saxon Cavalry. / Published Augt. 16th. 1784. by John Boydell [...?] Cheapside London. //

Inscription: Rich. Earlom. Sculpsit. //

Inscription: A. R. MENGS / Augustus and Cleopatra //

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