# Cleopatra [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RENI, Guido]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 122 x 96 cm ## Commentary The painting was sent as a present to Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici with a letter of January 4th, 1640 by Marchese Cospi of Bologna. This very beautiful painting belongs to the last period of Guido Reni, and in its very delicate, pale, refined colour especially, it appears as "one of the most striking testimonies of the surprising poetical evolution of Reni in the last years of his life " \(Cavalli\). Being celebrated, it was carried off to Paris by the Napoleonic army from 1799 to 1815. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 14 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/massenet\_cleopatra.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Jules Massenet: Cleopatra, Cleopatra's aria</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Adam]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Annunciation to Joachim]() - [Atalanta and Hippomenes]() - [Atalanta and Hippomenes]() - [Aurora]() - [Aurora]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Birth of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Cleopatra with the Asp]() - [Crucifixion of St Peter]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()