The Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1760 - Lot 131

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The Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1760 - Lot 131
The Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1760 Folded fan, the double sheet in gouache wallpaper of a palace interior. On either side of a table, Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, are conversing. Reverse: Love visits a woman alone on an island, perhaps evoking Dido. Ivory frame* pierced, engraved and gilded. The plumes in white mother-of-pearl, the top of the ivory* strands carved and gilded with a gardener holding a rake. Label indicating "Collection L. Duchet 80". H.t. 25 cm-H.F. 10 cm Provenance: old Lucien Duchet collection. See: "Catalogue des éventails anciens faisant partie de la collection Lucien Duchet exposés au musée Centennal et rétrospectif de la classe 86, exposition universelle de 1900.
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