Cleopatra by Alexandre Cabanel 1887 Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgian. ( Cleopatra’s tragic death was a popular subject. After the Battle of Actium, where Mark Anthony and Cleopatra were defeated by the fleet of Octavian, the later Emperor Augustus, Cleopatra preferred to die rather than be forced to live under the Roman yoke. Cabanel’s painting shows her preparing for her suicide )

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Size: 8431px × 4724px
Location: Antwerp,
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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