CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

Banchetto

"Banquet", illumination from the manuscript "La grant hystoire Cesar", Royal 17 F II, f. 299r, 1479, British Library, London.

The miniature portrays Julius Caesar and Cleopatra during a banquet. The manuscript belonged to King Edward IV of England, who had it made in Bruges, and included a biography of Caesar as well as a short account of the reign of Augustus and a list of Roman emperors.

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