Cleopatra's Banquet Cleopatra's Banquet, The feast of Cleopatra. On the right is Cleopatra with bare breasts at the table, on the left is Marcus Antonius. Various guests and members of the household are present around the table. It is proposed that Lucius Plancus prevents Cleopatra from taking a second pearl from her earring to dissolve in her wine. Hereby Marcus Antonius loses the bet who could give the most expensive banquet. A hunting dog is lying on the floor in front of the table. In the background the architecture of the palace interior with caryatids, banquet or Mark Antony and Cleopatra: she dissolves a pearl in a cup of wine, which she then drinks, Gerard de Lairesse (mentioned on object), c. 1675 - c. 1680, canvas, oil paint (paint), h 74 cm × w 95.5 cm
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