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Esquiline Venus
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The Esquiline Venus is a smaller-than-life-size Roman nude marble sculpture of a female in sandals and a diadem headdress. There is no definitive scholarly consensus on either its provenience or its s
0 Vénus de l'Esquilin Musei Capitolini Rome
0 Vénus de l'Esquilin Musei Capitolini Rome
A Sculptor's Model, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1877
A Sculptor's Model, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1877
Diadumenè, by Edward Poynter, 1884
Diadumenè, by Edward Poynter, 1884
Another torso of this type (Louvre)
Another torso of this type (Louvre)
Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its foun
Esquiline Venus
…from the 1st-century BCE Ptolemaic Kingdom, commissioned by Emperor Claudius to decorate the Horti Lamiani. 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…
The Berlin Cleopatra, a Roman sculpture of Cleopatra wearing a royal diadem, mid-1st century BC, now in the Altes Museum, Germany
The Berlin Cleopatra, a Roman sculpture of Cleopatra wearing a royal diadem, mid-1st century BC, now in the Altes Museum, Germany
Hellenistic portrait of Ptolemy XII Auletes, the father of Cleopatra, in the Louvre, Paris
Hellenistic portrait of Ptolemy XII Auletes, the father of Cleopatra, in the Louvre, Paris
Most likely a posthumously painted portrait of Cleopatra with red hair and her distinct facial features, wearing a royal diadem and pearl-studded hair
Most likely a posthumously painted portrait of Cleopatra with red hair and her distinct facial features, wearing a royal diadem and pearl-studded hairpins, from Roman Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD
A Roman portrait of Pompey made during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), a copy of an original from 70 to 60 BC, and located in the Venice Nation
A Roman portrait of Pompey made during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), a copy of an original from 70 to 60 BC, and located in the Venice National Archaeological Museum, Italy