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The Deliverance of Arsinoe

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The Deliverance of Arsinoe
ArtistTintoretto
Year1555 (1555)
Dimensions153 cm × 251 cm (60 in × 99 in)
LocationGemäldegalerie 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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