The Banquet of Cleopatra

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1743–1744 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

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About this work

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)
Year: 1743–1744
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 250.3 × 357.0 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Movement: Baroque

Cleopatra, in a white gown and pearls, holds one of her earrings over a glass of vinegar as Mark Antony watches across the table, about to lose their wager over who could stage the more extravagant feast: she will dissolve the pearl and drink it. The story comes from Pliny's Natural History, and Tiepolo set it on a marble terrace among columns and attendants in a theatrical composition that pays open homage to Veronese's great Venetian feasts. He painted it in 1743 to 1744, and it is the first of his three large versions; his modello for it, once owned by Count Algarotti, is in the Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris, and he returned to the subject in fresco at the Palazzo Labia in Venice. The canvas, more than three and a half metres wide, hung in the Hermitage until the Soviet government sold it in 1932, and it is now in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Banquet of Cleopatra in the public domain?

Yes. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Victoria.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Banquet of Cleopatra painted, and in what medium?

The Banquet of Cleopatra dates from 1743–1744 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 250.3 × 357.0 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's The Banquet of Cleopatra — The Banquet of Cleopatra — the queen about to dissolve her pearl in vinegar before Antony, beneath a colonnade of white marble — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Venetian Rococo, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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