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| Keywords: Egyptian - Head of a Queen, Perhaps Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III - Walters 22407.jpg Shown wearing a heavy wig composed of tiers of corkscrew curls the queen also has a headband with a coiled uraeus serpent above her brow Of the seven Ptolemaic queens named Cleopatra the last being the Cleopatra associated with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony this head may represent Cleopatra II or her daughter Cleopatra III both of whom lived in the 2nd century BC The facial features are more individualized reflecting the Greek influence of the Ptolemaic royal court ca 140 120 BC Greco-Roman limestone cm 24 7 17 8 22 5 accession number 22 407 24043 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Ptolemaic dynasty | ||||
