BOULANGER, Jean
(b. ca. 1606, Troyes, d. 1660, Modena)

The Meeting of Cleopatra and Mark Antony

after 1638
Fresco
Palazzo Ducale, Sassuolo

Illustration of the scene of the meeting are rare. In the painting by the Reni pupil Jean Boulanger, Cleopatra and her train are standing on the shore as Amor points toward Antony's approaching fleet, led by a boat filled with cupids.




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