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Cleopatra VII wearing a diadem and 'melon' hairstyle similar to coinage portraits, marble, found near the Tomba di Nerone, Rome along the Via Cassia, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums Cleopatra as a Goddess; 1st century BC An ancient Roman wall painting in Room 71 of the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus at Pompeii, Italy, showing Venus with a cupid's arms wrapped around her.
In this category are the topics related to cultural depiction of Cleopatra VII Philopator (Late 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC), known to history as Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Subcategories
The Death of Cleopatra (Jean-André Rixens) The Dying Cleopatra; G. Cleopatra (Artemisia Gentileschi, Ferrara) Cleopatra (Artemisia Gentileschi, Milan) T.
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.
Cleopatra and Caesar (French: Cléopâtre et César), also known as Cleopatra Before Caesar, is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French Academic artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, completed in 1866. The work was originally commissioned by the French courtesan La Païva , but she was unhappy with the finished painting and returned it to Gérôme.
The figure may depict the Ptolemaic ruler Cleopatra VII; it may also have been intended to represent the Roman-Egyptian syncretic deity Venus-Isis. A vase next to the nude figure includes an asp or uraeus and depictions of the Egyptian cobra, symbols which support the Cleopatra interpretation. [2]
The Death of Cleopatra (Spanish: La muerte de Cleopatra), [1] also known simply as Cleopatra, [2] is an 1881 oil painting on canvas by the Filipino painter Juan Luna, currently on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
Elizabeth Taylor’s portrayal of Cleopatra in 1963 further cemented this obsession, making the “Egyptian look” a staple in fashion circles. German actress, Corny Collins, admires the bust of ...