Harvard Art Museums > BR62.26: Cleopatra at her Toilet Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Cleopatra at her Toilet (Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder) , BR62.26,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/222866. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR62.26 People Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, German (Haina, Germany 1722 - 1789 Kassel, Germany) Title Cleopatra at her Toilet Other Titles Original Language Title: Kleopatra bei der Toilette Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1767 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/222866 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 32 x 24.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) framed: 50 x 41 cm (19 11/16 x 16 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: at l.l.: J. H. Tischbein A.D. 1767 inscription: verso, canvas, upper right, black ink: JC inscription: verso, frame, left side, blue chalk: 9 66 [or 22] 1 [or 7] inscription: inside of frame, graphite: THOMSON inscription: top of stretcher, graphite: [illeg.] / 6151 [Julius Böhler number] left of glass [crossed out] stamp: top of stretcher, left corner: illegible circular stamp over a label with no visible markings inscription: left stretcher bar, graphite, under adhesive: [illeg.] 1918 a pair [illeg.] 99 [illeg.] No. 14 inscription: right stretcher, graphite, under adhesive: La Toilette / 1795 [illeg. Tischbein / Jean-Henri [illeg.] Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Adolphe Stein, Paris], sold; to [Julius Böhler Kunsthandlung, Munich, July 1961], sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1962. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund Accession Year 1962 Object Number BR62.26 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990) Petra Tiegel-Hertfelder, Historie war sein Fach: Mythologie und Geschichte im Werk Johann Heinrich Tischbeins d.Ä (1722-1789), Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft Worms (Worms, 1996), p. 332, cat. no. G 35 Exhibition History German Rococo and Romanticism, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, 03/12/1977 - 05/01/1977 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018 Related Works BR62.27 Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder Mark Antony Visiting Cleopatra after His Defeat of Octavian Paintings Straus.8989 Artist of original: Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder X-radiograph(s) of "Cleopatra at her Toilet" Photographs Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu