Death of Cleopatra and Mark Antony 30 BC
Woodcut illustration (leaf [n]3r, f. cxiij) of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, hand-colored in red, green, yellow and black, from an incunable German translation by Heinrich Steinhöwel of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris, printed by Johannes Zainer at Ulm ca. 1474 (cf. ISTC ib00720000). One of 76 woodcut illustrations (1 on leaf [e]8v dated 1473), each 80 x 110 mm., depicting scenes from the life of the women chronicled (for a full list of subjects, cf. W.L. Schreiber, Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (Nendeln: Kraus Reprints, 1969), no. 3506).
Established form: Zainer, Johannes, ‡d d. 1541?. Established form: Cleopatra, ǂc Queen of Egypt, ǂd d. 30 B.C. Established form: Antonius, Marcus, ǂd 83?-30 B.C.
2024 Hand-Colored in Red, Pink, Yellow and Black
