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| Keywords: Adam Lenckhardt - Cleopatra - Walters 71416.jpg Queen of Egypt 51-30 BC and celebrated for her seductive beauty Cleopatra is depicted taking her own life with the bite of a poisonous serpent Writhing in pain she embodies the baroque taste for plump female beauty and intense emotion Ivory's unique appeal to the sense of touch helps to convey the vulnerability of her flesh The piece is signed with the monogram of Adam Lenckhardt renowned across Europe for the naturalism of his works in ivory between 1632 1635 Baroque ivory cm 24 3 accession number 71 416 35053 Ryfsnyder Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown Josephus Jitta Amsterdam date and mode of acquisition unknown W S L Schuster London date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Christie's London 1911 no 24 lot 79 George R Harding London date and mode of acqusition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Wurzburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Adam Lenckhardt Cleopatra in sculpture Baroque ivory | ||||
