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Assistant Professor, Fordham University

• IntroducciónMordeduras: Cleopatra en la cultura medieval hispánicaOrientes: Cleopatra en la historiografía y literatura de conducta del XVIHíbridos: Cleopatra y los poetasTablas: un imperio cleopátrico de los sentidosLujos: Cleopatra y el coleccionismo aurisecularEpílogoObras citadas

Presents valuable material on other portrayals of the Egyptian - in paintings, prints, weavings, and so on - which circulated in the Spanish market and made their way into influential and prestigious private collections. This study more than fills the lacuna identified by the author...putting the study of Cleopatra in pre-modern Spain on an equal footing with that of other European cultures.