Here is a scan of a 30 Pfennig postahge stamp of Germany depicting the image of Cleopatra VI, issued on 12 January 1984. The offset-printed issue had a circulation of 14.5 million stamps. The image used for the stamp was the photo of the marlbe head of Cleopatra VI, the last Pharao of Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt (30-40 BC), from the Altes Museum Berlin (Berliner Museumsinsel). The photo of the original marble figure is below:
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Monday, August 9, 2010
Cleopatra by Gyula Benczur
PD Image: Cleopatra (1911), also spelt as ‘Kleopátra’, oil on canvas painting by Hungarian painter Gyula Benczúr (1844-1920), dimensions 69 cm x 100 cm (27.17 in x 39.37 in), located at Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Death of Cleopatra (1660) by Guido Cagnacci
Image: La morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra), Baroque period oil on canvas painting of 1660 by Guido Cagnacci (1601-1663) dimensions 120 x 158 cm (47.24” x 62.20”) located at Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, Italy.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Cleopatra, oil painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Image: Cleopatra, oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656), Cavallini-Sgarbi Foundation, Ferrara, Italy
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Cleopatra ivory carving by Leonhard Kern
Photo: Cleopatra (1652) ivory carving by German sculptor Leonhard Kern (1588-1662), from the collection: Kunstkammer Würth, Sammlung Würth Inv. 5244, at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Cleopatra tests poisons on condemned prisoners
Image: Painting named ‘Cleopatra testing poisons on condemned prisoners’ (1887), oil on canvas, by French artist Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) located at Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium.