academic art, L'art pompier, Orientalism
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners
by Alexandre Cabanel • 1887 CE
🎨 Artwork Information
Artist
Year Created
1887 CE
Materials
oil paint
canvas
Movements
academic art
L'art pompier
Orientalism
Genre
history painting
Art Forms
painting
🖼️ Artwork
📝 About This Artwork
painting by Alexandre Cabanel
Alternative Titles
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners📐 Technical Details
Inception Period
1887
Earliest Date
1887
🏛️ Ownership & Provenance
Inventory Number
1505
Copyright Status
public domain
🎭 What This Artwork Depicts
31 depicted entities
Cleopatra
woman
sitting
couch
black hair
slide
female breast
dress
flower
headscarf
leopard
houseplant
Cyperus papyrus
diadem
domestic worker
toplessness
hand fan
necklace
barefoot
prisoner
poisoning
man
agony
corpse
poison
column
ancient Egyptian architecture
courtyard
male toplessness
Uraeus
platform
🏛️ Collections
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