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Reproduced from a 35 B.C. bust showing Cleopatra in her prime, some five years before her tragic end. This beautiful bust of one of history's most fascinating women is done in the classic Greek style, which is fitting, since she was the last of the Hellenistic, Greek-speaking monarchs who had ruled Egypt since the conquest of Alexander the Great, three centuries before. With Cleopatra's death, the Hellenistic era came to a close and the era of Roman rule in Egypt began. Her bust now resides in the Altes Museum of Berlin.
HISTORY: The last of the Macedonian rulers of Egypt, Cleopatra VII has been preserved in legend as a woman of formidable intellect and ambition who used her beauty and charm to advance the fortunes of Egypt. In 51 B.C. she became joint ruler with her father Ptolemy XII and then with her brother and husband Ptolemy XIII. When he died in 47 B.C., her younger brother (also her husband) Ptolemy XIV succeeded him.
When Ceasar came to Alexandria, Cleopatra persuaded him to support her cause and she regained her throne and jointly ruled with their son Caesarion from 36 B.C. After Caesar’s death, she allied with Mark Antony, hoping that he would use the power of Rome to help restore Egypt to its past glory. She bore three children of Mark Antony--a pair of twins, Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios, and another son, Ptolemy Philadephius.
Mark Antony gave Cleopatra much of Rome’s eastern possessions, but his Roman rival Octavian used this episode as a pretext to turn the Roman senate against Mark Antony and begin a war against him and Cleopatra. Augustus Octavian defeated Antony at the battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra withdrew to Alexandria where they committed suicide.
Cleopatra was a remarkable woman and a formidable queen. She was the only member of the Ptolemaic royal family in three centuries of rule to learn to speak Egyptian, and she also adopted Egyptian gods and customs. Isis was her patron goddess, and her subjects believed she was the reincarnation of the goddess of wisdom on earth.
The Roman historian, Plutarch wrote that Cleopatra was not strikingly beautiful in appearance, that rather it was her wit, charm and sweet voice that drew people to her.
When Ceasar came to Alexandria, Cleopatra persuaded him to support her cause and she regained her throne and jointly ruled with their son Caesarion from 36 B.C. After Caesar’s death, she allied with Mark Antony, hoping that he would use the power of Rome to help restore Egypt to its past glory. She bore three children of Mark Antony--a pair of twins, Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios, and another son, Ptolemy Philadephius.
Mark Antony gave Cleopatra much of Rome’s eastern possessions, but his Roman rival Octavian used this episode as a pretext to turn the Roman senate against Mark Antony and begin a war against him and Cleopatra. Augustus Octavian defeated Antony at the battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra withdrew to Alexandria where they committed suicide.
Cleopatra was a remarkable woman and a formidable queen. She was the only member of the Ptolemaic royal family in three centuries of rule to learn to speak Egyptian, and she also adopted Egyptian gods and customs. Isis was her patron goddess, and her subjects believed she was the reincarnation of the goddess of wisdom on earth.
The Roman historian, Plutarch wrote that Cleopatra was not strikingly beautiful in appearance, that rather it was her wit, charm and sweet voice that drew people to her.
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• Product #E-100S
• Finish: Marble
• Type: Bust
• Material: Bonded Stone
• Size: 11" tall
• Product #E-100S
• Finish: Marble
• Type: Bust
• Material: Bonded Stone
• Size: 11" tall
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Above: Photo of the original bust in the Altes Museum, Berlin
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