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The Feast of Cleopatra by Jacob Jordaens

The Feast of Cleopatra by Jacob Jordaens

The plot of the picture is borrowed from the “Natural History” of Pliny the Elder. Queen of Egypt Cleopatra was famous not only for her mind and beauty, but also for extravagance of behavior. Once, wishing to impress with her wealth the lover – the Roman commander Mark Antony, she dissolved a large pearl in a glass of vinegar, and then drained the glass.

The painting shows the moment when Cleopatra drops a pearl earring into the vessel, and Mark Antony, his companion Enobard and the Negro servant froze in mute surprise, experiencing a mixed feeling of regret and admiration. And only the court jester, grinning, points to the absurdity of Cleopatra’s insane squandering. Allegorical composition, conceived as a condemnation of the vice of Pride or Vanity, continues with its edifying implication a national artistic tradition that goes back to the works of Brueghel the Elder and Hieronymus Bosch.

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