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The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Line engraving by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.
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The suicide of Cleopatra: the asp is wriggling up the left arm of the sleeping Cleopatra. Line engraving by J.B. de Poilly after a statue in the Vatican.

Jean-Baptiste de Poilly

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Lettering: Statua di Cleopatra Regina d'Egitto che dorme con l'aspide legato al braccio sinistro. Nel corridore di Belvedere in Vaticano. Gio: Batis: de Poilly sculp

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