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The Banquet of Cleopatra and Antony
The Banquet of Cleopatra and Antony
The Banquet of Cleopatra and Antony

The Banquet of Cleopatra and Antony

Artist (Italian, 1696–1770)
Datecirca 1747–1750
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 51 in. (81.3 x 129.5 cm)
Frame: 38 x 58 1/4 x 3 in. (96.5 x 148 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lunsford Long
Object numberG.56.15.1
On View
Not on view
Provenance[Prince Eugene de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1781-1824); his grandson Nicholas (d.1890), Munich, Castle Seeon, and Marinepalais, St. Petersburg; bequeathed 1890 to his son Nicholas (d.1928)]; Axel Beskow, Stockholm, 1917; with Siegfried Aram, New York and Los Angeles, by 1936; ["Dr. [Alfred?] Strauss" and Karl Nierendorf (1899-1947) (gallery, NYC and Los Angeles?)?]; Mr. and Mrs. Lunsford Long, Warrenton, North Carolina, 1956; given to NCMA, 1956.

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