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Tête d'Arsinoé II

Ptolemaic Period
278–270 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
Cette tête provenant d’une statue (demi-nature) a été identifiée comme celle d’Arsinoé II, femme et sœur du roi Ptolémée II (284 – 246 av. J.-C.). En effet, il y a de grandes similitudes de facture entre cette sculpture et la statue gravée de son nom, conservée au Vatican. Elle pourrait cependant avoir été conçue huit ans après son règne en tant que reine d’Égypte. La position et la forme probables de la couronne, qui était attachée à l’excroissance sur le haut du crâne, indiquent qu’Arsinoé est ici déifiée — donc morte — sous la forme de la déesse Isis-Hathor. Le style typiquement égyptien rappelle les efforts des Ptolomées gréco-macédoniens qui souhaitaient se poser en véritables légataires des pharaons.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Tête d'Arsinoé II
  • Période: Période ptolémaïque
  • Date: 278–270 av. J.-C.
  • Aire géographique: Abu Rawash, Wadi Qaren
  • Technique: Calcaire (durci)
  • Dimensions: 11,8 x 8,7 x 8,4 cm
  • Crédits: Don de Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1938
  • Accession Number: 38.1
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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