The Death of Cleopatra
date: label: Date
content: 1650–80
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Print Maker
content: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An alcove with a bed in the center flaked by doors with three women laying on the bed and, on the floor, with male figures in Classical armor and military dress around them. The canopy above the bed is in the form of a tent with hanging textiles. The doors and paneling above are decorated with sculpted putti or angels, festoons of flowers, vases, cornucopias, and laurel leaf molding. A scale below with the publisher’s address.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-341-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 19 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.8 × 21.4 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 14.2 × 20.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)