The Banquet of Cleopatra (Jordaens)

The Banquet of Cleopatra (1653) by Jacob Jordaens

The Banquet of Cleopatra is a 1653 painting by Jacob Jordaens. With Group Portrait (1650), The Apostles Paul and Barnabas at Lystra (c.1618) and Portrait of the Artist with his Family (c.1615), it is one of four works by the artist in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. It shows Cleopatra receiving Mark Antony aboard her barge.

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Jacob Jordaens
Paintings	Portrait of the Artist with his Family (c. 1615) The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish (1616–1634) Erichthonius Discovered by the Daughters of Cecrops (1617) Meleager and Atalanta (1618 1620–1623) The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (c. 1618–1620) The Satyr and the Peasant (1620, 1625, c. 1650) Mercury and Argus (c. 1620) The Painter's Family (1621–1622) The Four Evangelists (1625) Apollo as Victor over Pan (1637) As the Old Sang, So the Young Pipe (Antwerp, Valenciennes 1638–1640) Self-Portrait (1638–1640) The King Drinks St Petersburg c. 1638 Brussels 1640 The Bagpipe Player (c. 1640) Jupiter Raised by the Nymph Adrasteia (c. 1640) The Rape of Europa (1643) Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (c. 1645–1650) Candaules Showing His Wife to Gyges (c. 1646) Nocturnal appearance (c. 1650) Group Portrait (c. 1650) Triumph of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1652) The Banquet of Cleopatra (1653)
Painting series	The Signs of the Zodiac (1640)
Related	Adam van Noort (master) Peter Paul Rubens (major influence)