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“ BANQUET OF CLEOPATRA.” i • PURCHASED FOR AUSTRALIA. Salted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright i (Received May 15, 1.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, May 15. The Felton bequest committee has completed another expensive purchase, having paid £25,000 for Tiepolos’ “ Banquet of Cleopatra,” a famous painting by the Venetian master which came from the Imperial hermitage collection of the Czars, St. Petersburg. The picture measures 42ft. by Oft.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18944, 15 May 1933, Page 8
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65VALUABLE PICTURE. Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18944, 15 May 1933, Page 8
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