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WILLIAM WETMORE STORY. Cleopatra

Cleopatra. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1819-1895 Vallombrosa). Dimensions: 55 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. (141 x 84.5 x 130.8 cm). Date: 1858, carved 1869.
Neoclassical sculptors often drew upon mythology, history, the Bible, and literature for their subject matter. "Cleopatra" exemplifies Story's penchant for depicting famous--or infamous--personalities from history as they contemplate past deeds or forthcoming actions of cataclysmic significance. Here, Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite. Story rendered his figures on a monumental scale and paid meticulous attention to archaeological exactitude in their props and costumes. Cleopatra wears the "nemes," or royal headcloth, topped with the "uraeus," or cobra headdress.

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Auteur:

WILLIAM WETMORE STORY (1819-1895)

Titre:

Cleopatra

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Cleopatra. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1819-1895 Vallombrosa). Dimensions: 55 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. (141 x 84.5 x 130.8 cm). Date: 1858, carved 1869. Neoclassical sculptors often drew upon mythology, history, the Bible, and literature for their subject matter. "Cleopatra" exemplifies Story's penchant for depicting famous--or infamous--personalities from history as they contemplate past deeds or forthcoming actions of cataclysmic significance. Here, Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite. Story rendered his figures on a monumental scale and paid meticulous attention to archaeological exactitude in their props and costumes. Cleopatra wears the "nemes," or royal headcloth, topped with the "uraeus," or cobra headdress.

Technique/matériel:

MARMOL

Musée:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crédit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Autorisations:

Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:

3276 x 4094 px | 38.4 MB

Taille d'impression:

27.7 x 34.7 cm | 10.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés:

MARBRE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • PIERRE MARBRE • UNITED STATES • WILLIAM WETMORE STORY