Highlights of the Exhibition
1. King and His Family
2. Life at Court
3. Queen as a Religious Figure
4. The Exercise of Power
5. Cleopatra: The Last Queen
1. King and His Family
Isetneferet
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C.
Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
© RMAH
Armchair of the Queen Mother Hetepheres (reproduction)
Modern reproduction of Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 53263
Original: Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty, reign of Sneferu-Khufu, 2614-2556 B.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith and Group of Friends, 38.957, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Photograph © 2015 MFA, Boston
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2. Life at Court
Hatshepsut
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Thutmosis II-Hatshepsut, 1492-1458 B.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith in memory of Joseph Lindon Smith, 52.347, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Photograph © 2015 MFA, Boston
Necklace
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1550-1292 B.C.
Kunsthistoriches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch Orientalische Sammlung
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Fragment of sarcophagus of Tjesraperet
Third intermediate period, 25th dynasty, reign of Taharqa, 690-664 B.C.
Firenze, Museo Egizio (Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana)
Su concessione della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici de lla Toscana ‒ Firenze
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3. Queen as a Religious Figure
The Divine Adoratrice Shepenwepet II presenting the water of Amun
Third intermediate period, 25th dynasty, reign of Taharqa, to Late period, 26th dynasty, 9th year of the reign of Psamtik I, 690-656 B.C.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ‒ Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, inv.-no. ÄM 7972, photo: Jürgen Liepe
Aegis and its menat counterpoise
Late period, 664-332 B.C.
Collection Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneva, Switzerland
© Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneva, Switzerland.
Photographer : André Longchamp
Column capital with Hathor emblem
Third intermediate period, 22th dynasty, reign of Osorkon I-II, 925-837 B.C.
The British Museum
© The Trustees of the British Museum, all rights reserved
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4. The Exercise of Power
Mummy mask for a royal woman
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1550-1292 B.C.
Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester
© Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester
Relief of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1388-1350 B.C.
Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
© RMAH
Head of queen
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, 1351-1334 B.C.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ‒ Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, inv.-no. ÄM 21245, photo: Sandra Steiß
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5. Cleopatra: The Last Queen
Cleopatra
Ptolemaic period, 1st century B.C.
Museo di Antichità di Torino
© Archivio Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Piemonte e del Museo Antichità Egizie
Julius Caesar, called "Caesar Chiaramonti"
Roman period, 27-20 B.C.
Vatican Museum, Vatican City
Photo © Vatican Museums. All rights reserved
Death of Cleopatra
By Achilles Glisenti
1878-79
Musei Civici d'Arte e Storia di Brescia
Archivio fotografico dei Civici Musei d'Arte e Storia di Brescia
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