File:Balthasar Beschey - The Death of Cleopatra.jpeg

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Balthasar Beschey: The Death of Cleopatra  wikidata:Q110847133 reasonator:Q110847133
Artist
Balthasar Beschey  (1708–1776)  wikidata:Q2881605
 
Balthasar Beschey
Alternative names
J.B. Schey
Description Flemish painter, drawer and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death 20 November 1708 (baptised) 15 April 1776 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
Work period between circa 1730 and circa 1776
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q2881605
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Title
The Death of Cleopatra
label QS:Len,"The Death of Cleopatra"
label QS:Lde,"Der Tod Kleopatras"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painter Edit this at Wikidata
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 26.4 cm (10.3 in); width: 19.5 cm (7.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19.5U174728
Object history 14 April 2011: auctioned at Christie's in London lot 38
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

B: Beschey f.
on the plinth
Source/Photographer https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/balthasar-beschey-antwerp-1708-1776-the-death-5426630-details.aspx?lid=3&sc_lang=en

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