Egypt
Item Description:
Shown wearing a heavy wig composed of tiers of "corkscrew" curls, the queen also has a headband with a coiled uraeus serpent above her brow. Of the seven Ptolemaic queens named Cleopatra (the last being the Cleopatra associated with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony), this head may represent Cleopatra II or her daughter, Cleopatra III, both of whom lived in the 2nd century BC. The facial features are more individualized, reflecting the Greek influence of the Ptolemaic royal court.
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Egypt
Photo for Today - Head of a Queen
Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks for
both the photo and the caption
both the photo and the caption
(Left) (No written description available)
(Right) Head of a Queen, Perhaps Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 140-120 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 9 3/4 x 7 x 8 7/8 in. (24.7 x 17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 140-120 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 9 3/4 x 7 x 8 7/8 in. (24.7 x 17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Item Description:
Shown wearing a heavy wig composed of tiers of "corkscrew" curls, the queen also has a headband with a coiled uraeus serpent above her brow. Of the seven Ptolemaic queens named Cleopatra (the last being the Cleopatra associated with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony), this head may represent Cleopatra II or her daughter, Cleopatra III, both of whom lived in the 2nd century BC. The facial features are more individualized, reflecting the Greek influence of the Ptolemaic royal court.
- Photo For Today - More From The Walters Art Museum
WM-EG033 (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust (Bottom) Ostracon with a Royal Head Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust Date (Period): ca. 200-150 BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: limestone Measurements: 7 3/8 x 6 5/16...
- Photo For Today - More From The Walters Art Museum
WM-EG027 (Left) Head of King Amasis (Right) Head of Ptolemy II Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Left) Head of King Amasis Date (Period): ca. 560 BC (Late Period) Medium: red quartzite Measurements: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 20 x 23.5...
- Exhibition: Where's Cleo?
Archeaology Magazine (Mark Rose) Cleopatra’s reputation as a seducer of emperors—Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian (later Caesar Augustus)—and her suicide by snake bite have made her one of the ancient world’s most intriguing characters....
- Book Review: The Last Queen Of Egypt
Indian Express Was Cleopatra only a femme fatale or an ill-fated politician? Cleopatra has always been a player in other people’s dramas: she can be a coquette, a feminist, a martyr or a villain, a goddess or a fallen woman, even blonde or black. Horace...
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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060313/cleopatra_his_02.html "Egyptian queen Cleopatra used her hairstyles in calculated ways to enhance her power and fame, according to a book published recently by a Yale art history and classics professor. Statues,...