SOLARIO, Andrea
(b. ca. 1460, Milano, d. 1525, Pavia)

Cleopatra

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Oil on canvas
Private collection

Andrea Solari (Solario) worked together with his four brothers. In c. 1490 he accompanied his brother Cristoforo to Venice from where he returned to Milan after 1495. In Milan he established his reputation as a leading painter.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Jules Massenet: Cleopatra, Cleopatra's aria