"Cleopatra" placemat

Melamine with cork base. 36 x 27 cm.

In this practical placemat is reproduced a detail from one of Guido Reni's magnificent works, which are enveloped in an enigmatic, cold and captivating sensuality. In Cleopatra (1621-26) the artist creates a language with the play of the drapery that envelops the body, in this case of an intense red colour, whose rich fabrics probably allude to the textiles of Bologna, which was at that time a great centre of silk production, and contrast with the whiteness and smoothness of the skin of the represented.