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The suicide of Cleopatra
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Jean-Baptiste Poilly (French engraver, c.1669 - 1728)
Title
The suicide of Cleopatra
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The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Line engraving by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.

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Keywords: Jean-Baptiste de Poilly

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