This painting by the Dutch artist Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) shows the meeting of Antony and Cleopatra on the River Cydnus. Ancients told of Mark Antony, one of the top leaders of Roman world in first century summoning Cleopatra to meet him in Tarsus (in present-day Turkey) in 41 She delayed for a bit, so it is said, and then sailed up the River Cyndus on a magnificent barge, filled with flowers and scented with perfumes. The scene shown here is when Antony first enters the barge and see Cleopatra.
This painting by the Dutch artist Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) shows the meeting of Antony and Cleopatra on the River Cydnus. Ancients told of Mark Antony, one of the top leaders of Roman world in first century summoning Cleopatra to meet him in Tarsus (in present-day Turkey) in 41 She delayed for a bit, so it is said, and then sailed up the River Cyndus on a magnificent barge, filled with flowers and scented with perfumes. The scene shown here is when Antony first enters the barge and see Cleopatra.
Size: 5579px × 3226px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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