Bibliography: Catalogue 1895, no. 31 (as Leonard Bramer)
The 1916 inventory classifies the painting as Italian 17th century (sic); it
was a pendant or other part of a larger cycle illustrating the works of Christ
(see previous entry). Since Bramer possessed an unusual ability to imitate the
styles of various- artists, which the literaturę devoted to his work emphasises,
the attempt to attribute both paintings to him does not seem impossible.
6. Southern Netherlandish painter, ca. 1600
The Death of Cleopatra
Oil on canvas, 130 x 99.5 cm
Provenance: acąuired December 21, 1893 for 180 rubles by the Museum
of Fine Arts in Warsaw; inv. no. 1360 (as School of Venice); sińce 1916 the
National Museum in Warsaw, inv. no. 663; new inv. no. M.Ob.265.
6. South-Netherlands,
ca. 1600,
Death of Cleopatra
(Phot. Muzeum
Narodowe, Warsaw)
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The 1916 inventory classifies the painting as Italian 17th century (sic); it
was a pendant or other part of a larger cycle illustrating the works of Christ
(see previous entry). Since Bramer possessed an unusual ability to imitate the
styles of various- artists, which the literaturę devoted to his work emphasises,
the attempt to attribute both paintings to him does not seem impossible.
6. Southern Netherlandish painter, ca. 1600
The Death of Cleopatra
Oil on canvas, 130 x 99.5 cm
Provenance: acąuired December 21, 1893 for 180 rubles by the Museum
of Fine Arts in Warsaw; inv. no. 1360 (as School of Venice); sińce 1916 the
National Museum in Warsaw, inv. no. 663; new inv. no. M.Ob.265.
6. South-Netherlands,
ca. 1600,
Death of Cleopatra
(Phot. Muzeum
Narodowe, Warsaw)
111