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Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra

c. 1680
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
321.9 × 362 cm (126.7 × 142.5 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

To impress Antony, Cleopatra promised to organize the most lavish supper he had ever attended. The meal itself was ordinary, but at its end, Cleopatra dissolved a pearl in a cup of vinegar and drank it. This event was not recorded by Plutarch; it derives from Pliny’s Natural History (1st century A.D.).

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