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Brown ink drawing of a seated woman with a crown gesturing toward a standing armored man beside a draped curtain, a sword and scroll at right.

Cleopatra Pleading with Caesar

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows a seated woman with a laurel-like crown and a standing armored man in a red-brown cloak, set in a draped interior with a vaulted arcade behind. She gestures toward him while a sword and a scroll lie at the lower right. The framing ruled border and sepia tones give the sheet a classical, theatrical feel.

Artist
Felice Giani
Date
ca. 1820
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, ruled border in pen and brown Support: thick white wove paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2813 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Cleopatra suplicando a César

Un dibujo a pluma y tinta marrón con aguada marrón muestra a una mujer sentada con una corona de hojas y a un hombre de armadura de pie, con capa, en un interior con cortinas y un arco abovedado al fondo. Ella gesticula hacia él, y una espada y un pergamino aparecen a la derecha. El borde enmarcado y los tonos sepia dan a la hoja un aire clásico y teatral.

Português: Cleópatra suplicando a César

Um desenho em pena e tinta marrom com aguada marrom mostra uma mulher sentada, com coroa de folhas, e um homem de armadura em pé, com manto, em um interior drapeado com arcada abobadada ao fundo. Ela gesticula em direção a ele, e uma espada e um pergaminho aparecem à direita. A moldura traçada e os tons sépia dão à folha um ar clássico e teatral.

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