Image: Posthumous painted portrait of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, from Herculaneum, Italy

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Description: Dr. Joann Fletcher (Cleopatra the Great: the Woman Behind the Legend, New York: Harper, 2008, plates between pp. 246-247) writes the following in description of this painting: "Painted image from a villa at Herculaneum portraying a red-haired woman whose facial features, royal diadem and hairstyle adorned with fine pearl-studded hairpins suggest a posthumous portrait of Cleopatra VII."
Title: Posthumous painted portrait of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, from Herculaneum, Italy
Credit: Walker, Susan; Higgs, Peter (2001). Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691088358, p. 314. Previous versions were scanned from Fletcher, Joann. (2008). Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-058558-7. Plates between pp. 246-247.
Author: Ancient Roman artist from Herculaneum
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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