DescriptionVenus and Cupid from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus at Pompeii, most likely a depiction of Cleopatra VII (full view).jpg
English: An ancient Roman wall painting in Room 71 of the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus at Pompeii, Italy, showing Venus with a cupid's arms wrapped around her. It is most likely a depiction of Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt as Venus Genetrix, with her son Caesarion as a cupid. It was most likely painted in conjunction with the September 46 BC foundation of the Temple of Venus in the Roman Forum by Julius Caesar, where he erected a gilded statue depicting Queen Cleopatra (as described by Appian and Dio Cassius). For a close-up view of the faces of Cleopatra and Caesarion, see this image here.
Further information on this painting and the identification as Cleopatra VII and Caesarion in it can be found on page 175 in the following source:
Roller, Duane W. (2010). Cleopatra: a biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780195365535.
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