This is about a painting by a Filipino painter. For the painting made by a French painter, see Jean-André Rixens

Jean-André Rixens

Jean-André Rixens was a French painter and muralist, notable for his part in the decoration of the Capitole de Toulouse and of the Hôtel de ville de Paris .-Works:...

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The Death of Cleopatra (Spanish

Spanish language

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: La Muerte de Cleopatra
), also known simply as Cleopatra, is an 1881 painting made by the award-winning Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna

Juan Luna

Juan Luna y Novicio was an Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century...

. The famous painting was a silver medalist or second prize winner during the 1881 National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid

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 (Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes). The 1881 Madrid painting contest was Luna's first art exposition. Because of the exposure, Luna received a pension

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 scholarship

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 at the Ayuntamiento de Manila. After the painting competition, Luna sold it for 5,000 Spanish

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 pesetas

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, the highest price for a painting at the time. As Luna's "graduation work", The Death of Cleopatra was acquired by the Spanish government

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 for one thousand duro

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External links

• Image of The Death of Cleopatra by Juan Luna at superstock.com
• Image of The Death of Cleopatra by Juan Luna at isidore-of-seville.com
• Other paintings by Luna at flickr.com