Cleopatra: Iconic Female Ruler’s Representation in Art

April 18, 2015 at 7:10 pm Leave a comment

CLEOPATRA
Cleopatra VII  Thea Philopator

(69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) (aged 39)
Nationality: Ancient Egypt
Category: Figures
Occupation: Ruler
Specification: The most ever famous queens of all times in ancient Egypt, the first ruler of the dynasty to learn Egyptian, the last Pharoah of Egypt.
Gender: Female
Reign: 51 BC–12 August 30 BC
Co-rulers: Ptolemy XIII (51 BC–47 BC)
Ptolemy XIV (47 BC–44 BC)
Caesarion (44 BC–30 BC)

Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra in the film “Caesar and Cleopatra” (1945).

 

Cleopatra. Painting by Mosè Bianchi. 19th century.Milan Civica raccolta d’arte
Cleopatra and Caesar (1866). Jean-Leon-Gerome
Cleopatra, c.1887 (oil on canvas), Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917)
Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae.  (1896). Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae.  (1896). Frederick Arthur Bridgman

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