Museum view 1: a marble figure of Cleopatra slumps on a throne with carved sphinx heads on its arms; her head tilts to one side.
Museum view 1 · SAAM-1994.17_1
Museum view 2: the same sculpture from a different angle, showing the throne's side and the fall of drapery across the figure.
Museum view 2 · SAAM-1994.17_2

Edmonia Lewis

The Death of Cleopatra

carved 1876 · Marble

Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of the Historical Society of Forest Park, Illinois. 1994.17.

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