Caesar Restores Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt by Pietro da Cortona, about 1637, framed print

Caesar Restores Cleopatra to the Throne of Egypt

Pietro da Cortona, about 1637

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Pietro da Cortona painted Julius Caesar placing Cleopatra on the throne of Egypt around 1637. Caesar backed Cleopatra in her struggle with her brother Ptolemy XIII in 48 to 47 BC. The painting is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.

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