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Jean HUGO (1894 - 1984) Sketch for the set of...

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Jean HUGO (1894 - 1984) Sketch for the set of "Antony and Cleopatra" Gouache dedicated on the back: "To Marie my snake of the old Nile lovingly Jean" 6 x 10 cm Framed under glass "The snake of the old Nile is also an allusion to Cleopatra: "...Do you have there this pretty snake of the Nile which kills without hurting?" (Act V scene II) Perhaps the setting of this scene with Charmian, Cleopatra's follower and the man who brings the snake.