On the Antique Painting in Encaustic of Cleopatra, Discovered in 1818

by John Sartain

What did Cleopatra really look like? On the front cover is a replica of the original painting of Cleopatra, commissioned by Octavian Augustus on August 12, 30 BC. Furious at her suicide, which deprived him of his plans to make her take part in the Roman tradition of parading prisoners in chains through the streets of Rome, Octavian ordered the artist Timomachus (who had earlier painted Cleopatra for Mark Antony) to create a new portrait of the Queen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0368874419
• ISBN13: 9780368874413
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"