# Cleopatra

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STORY, William Wetmore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Marble, height 141 x 85 x 131 cm

## Commentary

In this representation of Cleopatra \(69-30 B.C.\), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, she meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite.

## Related artworks

- [Libyan Sibyl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/libyan-sibyl-r615b3a6066dad5>)
- [Medea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/medea-r8ec9a5fbfe3b5a>)
- [Medea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/story-william-wetmore-rdb50d1c4976013/medea-re8d959e79bfb6a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)