Cleopatra (Artemisia Gentileschi, Ferrara)

Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi

Cleopatra

Artist	Artemisia Gentileschi
Year	c.1620
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	97 cm × 71.5 cm (38 in × 28.1 in)
Location	Fondazione Cavallini-Sgarbi collection, Ferrara

Cleopatra is a c.1620 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, now in the Fondazione Cavallini-Sgarbi collection in Ferrara. It was formerly misattributed to Guido Cagnacci. It shows Cleopatra committing suicide with an asp.

Gentileschi painted four different versions of Cleopatra, one of which is currently lost. This version shows the queen upright, in a pose used by contemporary artists such as Guido Reni.

References

^ Nancy 2005, p. 157.

Sources

Nancy, Jean-Luc (2005). The ground of the image. New York. ISBN 9780823225408.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Artemisia Gentileschi

Paintings

1610s	Susanna and the Elders (Pommersfelden) Madonna and Child (Rome) Judith Beheading Holofernes (Naples) Danaë Portrait of a Nun Allegory of Inclination Judith and her Maidservant (Florence) Self-Portrait as a Lute Player Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1620s	Cleopatra (Milan) Cleopatra (Ferrara) Portrait of a Lady, dressed in a gold embroidered costume Jael and Sisera Saint Cecilia Allegory of Painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (Florence) Mary Magdalene as Melancholy Susanna and the Elders (Stamford) Portrait of a Gonfaloniere Portrait of a Lady Holding a Fan Lucretia (Milan) Christ Blessing the Children Medea Penitent Magdalene Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit) Venus and Cupid Esther Before Ahasuerus Lucretia (Los Angeles) Aurora
1630s	Annunciation (Naples) Corisca and the Satyr Self-Portrait (Rome) Clio, Muse of History The Birth of Saint John the Baptist Lot and His Daughters Bathsheba (Columbus) Cleopatra (Rome) Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli Adoration of the Magi Saints Proculus and Nicea Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting David and Goliath Christ and the Woman of Samaria Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes Susanna and the Elders (London) Susanna and the Elders (private collection)
1640s	Susanna and the Elders (Brno) Lucretia (Potsdam) Judith and her Maidservant (Naples) Judith and her Maidservant (Cannes) Saint Apollonia
1650s	Susanna and the Elders (Bologna) Virgin and Child with a Rosary

Bibliography
Artemisia (1997 film)
Orazio Gentileschi (father)

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