THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Portraiture | Hellenistic Egypt
1. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy Apion.
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5598.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
2. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy Apion.
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5598.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy Apion.
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5598.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
4. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (previously known as “Ptolemy IX Lathyrus”).
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5600.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
5. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (previously known as “Ptolemy IX Lathyrus”).
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5600.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
6. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (previously known as “Ptolemy IX Lathyrus”).
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5600.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
7. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (previously known as “Ptolemy IX Lathyrus”).
Bronze.
49 BCE — 25 CE.
Inv. No. 5600.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
8. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Profile portrait of a woman.
Fresco of the Third style. 1st cent.
Inv. No. 9077.
Naples, National Archaeological Museum.
9. SCULPTURE. Egypt.
Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt.
Marble.
3rd cent. BCE. Greece or Asia Minor.
Inv. Nos. MR 457 / Ma 489.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
10. SCULPTURE. Egypt.
Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt.
Marble.
3rd cent. BCE. Greece or Asia Minor.
Inv. Nos. MR 457 / Ma 489.
Paris, Louvre Museum.
11. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cameo “Prince of the Ptolemaic dynasty presented as Hermes”.
Sardonyx.
3rd cent. BCE.
Golden frame, enamel — 18th century.
Inv. No. Camee. 111.
Paris, National Library of France, Cabinet of Medals.
12. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
13. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
14. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
16. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Portrait of Cleopatra VII (?).
Marble. 40—30 BCE.
Inv. No. 38511.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum.
18. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue presumable portraying Cleopatra VII.
Marble.
The statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original of the end of the 5th cent. BCE. The head is plaster cast from ancient head.
Inv. No. 179.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Greek Cross, 21.
19. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Statue presumable portraying Cleopatra VII.
Marble.
The statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original of the end of the 5th cent. BCE. The head is plaster cast from ancient head.
Inv. No. 179.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Greek Cross, 21.
20. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
2.3 × 1.4 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.