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The Banquet of Cleopatra is a painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo completed in 1744. It is now in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.
This painting illustrates a story told by the Roman historian Pliny: at a banquet held for the Roman general Mark Antony, Cleopatra, ruler of Egypt, dissolved one of her priceless pearls in a goblet of vinegar and drank it (Natural History, Book IX).
The Banquet of Cleopatra is the title of several paintings showing the culmination of a wager between Cleopatra and Mark Antony as to which one could provide the most expensive feast.
The love affair between the Roman consul Mark Antony (83–30 BC) and the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra (69–30 BC) was a popular subject for artists in the eighteenth century. The episode represented in Tiepolo’s painting is drawn from Pliny’s Natural History (written in AD 77).
The story of Mark Antony (83–30 BCE) and Cleopatra (69–30 BCE) was a popular subject for artists in the eighteenth century, for whom the ancient tale of the Roman consul and his relationship with...
The story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, from the first century BC, was a popular subject for artists in the eighteenth century. The ancient tale of the Roman consul and his relationship with the Egyptian queen contained vivid vignettes of romance, war, military splendour, tragedy and death.
A preparatory oil sketch by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the encounter of the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The sketch shows Tiepolo's energetic brushwork and his imagination of the two worlds meeting.
