The Deliverance of Arsinoe

The Deliverance of Arsinoe
Artist Tintoretto
Year 1555 (1555)
Location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

The Deliverance of Arsinoe is a 1555-56 painting by Tintoretto, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. It shows Arsinoe IV of Egypt fleeing from Alexandria after Julius Caesar arrived in the city in 48 BC and sided with Arsinoe's half-sister Cleopatra.


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