Cleopatra has two faces in ancient art

Cleopatra is represented according to two distinct iconographic traditions, Greek and Egyptian. Greek sculptures show a realistic face with high cheekbones and a hooked nose, while Egyptian bas-reliefs display her as a traditional pharaonic sovereign. Egyptologist Sally-Ann Ashton has notably identified six statues of the queen as an Egyptian, the most famous of which is kept at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.