This is a marble bust of Cleopatra, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She co-reigned with her brother and later her son. Aristide Petrilli studied at the Accademia di Belle Art
Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent (first with her two younger brothers and then with her son) for almost three decades. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Pt
