Cleopatra

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made)

Bronze statuette of Cleopatra. Seated naked on a throne draped with a coverlet, her right hand resting on her thigh holding a small rumpled cloth. The serpent is coiled round her left arm and passes behind her neck resting its head above her right breast.

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Category	Sculpture
Object type	Statuette
Title	Cleopatra (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bronze, formerly red gilt Bronze
Brief description	Statuette, bronze, of Cleopatra, Italy (Florence), early 16th century
Physical description	Bronze statuette of Cleopatra. Seated naked on a throne draped with a coverlet, her right hand resting on her thigh holding a small rumpled cloth. The serpent is coiled round her left arm and passes behind her neck resting its head above her right breast.
Dimensions	Height: 14.5cm
Credit line	Salting Bequest
Object history	From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted	Snakes Serpent Cloth Cleopatra
Bibliographic reference	'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 3
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.81-1910

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Record created	October 21, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106643/cleopatra-statuette-unknown/

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