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L.Seelig, Ariadne und Kleopatra in Marmor und Bronze, Die Weltkunst, 1979, XX, pp.2548-9
F.Haskell and N.Penny, Taste and the Antique, New Haven/London, 1981, pp.4 and 184-7
The Antique marble Cleopatra, now in the Vatican Museum, was greatly admired from the time it was first recorded in 1512. Primaticcio had a cast made in bronze for François I which is now in the Musée de Fontainebleau. Two marbles were carved for Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Goy and Corneille van Cleve respectively. Another Antique marble version of the Cleopatra stood in the gardens of the Villa Medici in Rome. It was restored during the Renaissance, moved to Florence in 1787, clumsily re-worked in the 19th Century and is now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence.
A late 17th Century cast, with St.Cloud inventory marks, was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 16 April 1991, lot 39.
L.Seelig, Ariadne und Kleopatra in Marmor und Bronze, Die Weltkunst, 1979, XX, pp.2548-9
F.Haskell and N.Penny, Taste and the Antique, New Haven/London, 1981, pp.4 and 184-7
The Antique marble Cleopatra, now in the Vatican Museum, was greatly admired from the time it was first recorded in 1512. Primaticcio had a cast made in bronze for François I which is now in the Musée de Fontainebleau. Two marbles were carved for Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Goy and Corneille van Cleve respectively. Another Antique marble version of the Cleopatra stood in the gardens of the Villa Medici in Rome. It was restored during the Renaissance, moved to Florence in 1787, clumsily re-worked in the 19th Century and is now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence.
A late 17th Century cast, with St.Cloud inventory marks, was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 16 April 1991, lot 39.