Cleopatra with asp at her breast

Cleopatra the Great, committing suicide with asp at her breast. Last queen of Egypt, ruled 51-30 BC, had children with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Julius Caesar Mark Antony Medallion Men And Women Pieter Bodart Roman Myth Serpent Suicide

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