Death of Cleopatra

between 1727 and 1785

Benvenuto Cellini, Artist Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Death of Cleopatra

Artwork Date between 1727 and 1785

Makers Benvenuto Cellini (Artist) Italian, 1500-1571 Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Artist) Italian, 1727-1785

Medium Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S282

Markings

Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower margin: CLEOPATRA ANIMAM EFFLANS. | DE CEREO EXEMPLARI EIVSDEM MAGNITVDINIS AVCTORE | BENVENVTO CELLINI PENES THOMAM HOLLIS HOSPITII LINCOL- | NIENSIS R.ET A.SS.S. IOHANNES BAPTISTA CIPRIANI FLORENTINVS | DELINEAVIT ET AQVAE FORTIS OPE INSCVLPSIT

Marks Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Provenance

December 1885, Kissam sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Giovanni Battista Cipriani; after Benvenuto Cellini, Death of Cleopatra, between 1727 and 1785, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S282.