Cleopatra has exposed her breasts which is a reference to her relationship to Anthony. At his point the relationship had been consummated. Both of them are attended by their black servants. All the frescoes in the room are by Giambattista Tiepolo with the assistance of Geralomo Mengozzi Colonna.
Giambattista Tiepolo
b. Venice 1696 - d. Madrid 1770
He became the most famous 18th Century painter in Italy. He was a merchant's son. Giambattista's father died during his childhood. He later married the sister of the painters Antonio and Francesco Guardi. He worked as a painter of subjects from Classical antiquity, sometimes as allegories, for the ruling class. He painted ceilings, wall frescoes, and canvases for the likes of Prince Karl Philipp von Greiffenklau of Würzburg and Charles III of Spain. Giambattista Tiepolo also worked for confraternities, churches, and religious orders to paint grand Biblical allegories. His monumental works were painted in a theatrical style in the tradition of the great Veronese. And as with Veronese, his surviving works guaranteed the recognition of Venice in producing some of the greatest painters in the world.
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1) Palazzo Labia Approach [81]
