Guido Cagnacci, 1645 - The Death of Cleopatra - fine art print

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The over 370 year old piece of art was created by the painter Guido Cagnacci in the year 1645. The version of the work of art was made with the size: 37 3/8 × 29 1/2 in (95 × 75 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the technique for the piece of art. Nowadays, the piece of art is part of the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This artwork, which belongs to the public domain is included - courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Diane Burke Gift, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, Friends of European Paintings Gifts, Gwynne Andrews Fund, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and Álvaro Saieh Bendeck Gifts, Gift and Bequest of George Blumenthal and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, and Michel David-Weill Gift, 2016. : Purchase, Diane Burke Gift, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, Friends of European Paintings Gifts, Gwynne Andrews Fund, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and Álvaro Saieh Bendeck Gifts, Gift and Bequest of George Blumenthal and Fletcher Fund, by exchange, and Michel David-Weill Gift, 2016. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has an image ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Guido Cagnacci was an artist from Italy, whose artistic style was mainly Baroque. The painter lived for 62 years, born in the year 1601 and deceased in 1663 in Vienna, Vienna state, Austria.

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What does the website of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art state about this 17th century work of art from the painter Guido Cagnacci? (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The subject, from Plutarch's Lives (1st century A.D.), is Cleopatra's suicide by an asp bite following the defeat of her beloved Mark Antony at the battle of Actium. It provided Cagnacci with an erotically charged and emotionally engaging action that appealed to the Baroque imagination, whether in poetry, theater, or painting. Although Cagnacci’s picture is indebted to the example of Guido Reni, its flagrant sensuality is utterly singular. Cagnacci made a trip to Rome in the company of Guercino, where Caravaggio’s example of painting directly from the model proved transformative. The model here may be the artist’s mistress.