Scuola emiliana (XVII) - Cleopatra

Cleopatra – Italian School, Emiliano area, 17th century (stylistic attribution)

Oil on canvas, 60 × 51 cm

Interesting painting depicting The Death of Cleopatra, a subject of great fortune in Italian Baroque painting.

The work presents stylistic characteristics attributable to the Emiliano classicist tradition of the Seicento, with echoes of Guido Reni's painting sensibility and that of his circle.

Particularly evocative is the portrayal of the face, with a melancholy gaze raised to the heavens, the delicate modeling of the flesh tones, and the refined contrast between the light draperies and the dark background. The serpent, pressed to the breast, identifies the dramatic moment of the death of the Egyptian queen.

Original oil painting on canvas, not a print, presented in its current conservation state, with signs of aging, craquelure, wear of the painting surface and possible previous conservation interventions, to be verified.

Please note that the bright reflections and bluish tones visible in the photograph are due to lighting conditions and should not be interpreted as actual chromatic characteristics of the work.

A decorative and collectible work of interest, deserving of historical-artistic study.

Dimensions: 60 × 51 cm.

Era: to be ascertained; stylistic model of the 17th century.

Conservation state: conditions commensurate with the presumed age and the painting's conservation history, as documented in photographs.