File:Cleopatra and Caesar by Jean-Leon-Gerome.jpg

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Artist



Description	French painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	11 May 1824	10 January 1904
Location of birth/death	Vesoul	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Cleopatra and Caesar

Date

1866

Notes

Cleopatra Before Caesar by Jean-Léon Gérôme, oil on canvas, 1866. Cleopatra confronts Gaius Julius Caesar after emerging from a roll of carpet. The Egyptian Queen had been driven from the palace in Alexandria by her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII. She had to disguise herself to regain entry and treat with Caesar for protection and restoration of her throne.

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