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Francesco Pieraccini|Giovanni Rivera|Guido Reni

Cleopatra looking upwards while holding an asp in her right hand and clutching at her stomach with her left, a bowl of figs at left, after Reni

ca. 1796–1861
Engraving
37.7 × 30.5 cm (14.8 × 12 in)

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