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<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nArtemisia Gentileschi\u2019s painting\u00a0 Cleopatra<\/em> \u2013 depicting one of the most fascinating figures of antiquity \u2013 embodies the theme of the exemplum virtutis<\/em>\u00a0of the heroine who chose death by the lethal bite of an asp rather than suffer public humiliation.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Portrayed in three-quarter profile, with her right arm stretched forward, the protagonist melodramatically displays her voluptuous nakedness, so that within this visually striking depiction, a sense of pain and heroism is overlaid with an irrepressible erotic charge.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n The vigorous and sensual Cleopatra \u2013 in whose face one has thought to recognise the features of Artemisia herself \u2013 is seated upon a red drape which, as has been noted, is beautifully harmonised with the ivory glow of her flesh and the dark shadow of her belly, left boldly exposed.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n The Egyptian queen\u2019s tragic end is captured on the canvas with a theatrical gesture: in a mixture of suffering and languor, the woman brings the snake to her breast, parting her lips and raising her eyes to the sky as the beauty of her face gives way to a grimace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Open daily from 11am to 7pm, closed on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n May 24 \u2013 July 21, 2014<\/p>\n Portrait of a Young Man with a Lute by Agnolo Bronzino<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n September 5 \u2013 November 2, 2014<\/p>\n Adoration of the Shepherds by Lorenzo Lotto\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n June 17 \u2013 September 28, 2015<\/p>\n The Madonna of Pontassieve by Beato Angelico<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n September 19 \u2013 November 15, 2015<\/p>\n Capriccio with a Small Square by Francesco Guardi\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n April 8 \u2013 June 6, 2016<\/p>\n Saint Mark by Andrea Mantegna<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 28 \u2013 November 1, 2021<\/p>\n Saint George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n July 15 \u2013 October 15, 2023<\/p>\n Warsaw, Church of the Holy Cross by Bernardo Bellotto<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 11 \u2013 July 16, 2023<\/p>\n Cleopatra by Artemisia Gentileschi<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n May 14 \u2013 September 8, 2025<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n