[Cleopatra and Mark Antony] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Cleopatra and Mark Antony]
Subject: Cleopatra VII; Mark Antony; Suicide; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Egypt; North Africa
Description: This image depicts Cleopatra VII of Egypt standing in a room with her lover Mark Antony. Mark Antony is holding a sword in his right hand as he is about to kill himself to avoid dying at the hands of Emperor Octavian and his forces. Mark Antony kills himself with his sword, and although it is not depicted in the image, it is said that Cleopatra uses venomous snakes to kill herself.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25518
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris
Image: mta_25518_OBJ.jpg