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Queen Arsinoe in the Form of Isis Presenting the Wand of Everlasting Life to Ptolemy, (painting). Artist:  Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912, painter. Title:  Queen Arsinoe in the Form of Isis Presenting the Wand of Everlasting Life to Ptolemy, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1900. Medium:  Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Dimensions:  19 5/8 x 13 1/4 in. (49.7 x 33.6 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) Henry Bacon (Lower left, inscribed:) Arsinoe/Wife of Philopater I BC 805 (Verso, inscribed:) Queen Arsinoe under the form of/the Goddess of Isis/From the Temple of Isis-Island of Philae-Egypt. signed Description:  Painting of a wall carving from an Egyptian temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. Queen Arsinoe, costumed as Isis, is presenting a staff to Ptolemy with her left hand. In her right hand she grasps an ankh, symbolizing everlasting life. The background is covered in hieroglyphs. Subject:  Mythology -- Egyptian Figure group Dress -- Historic -- Egyptian Dress Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Emblem Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Accession Number: 1943.26 Provenance:  Gift of Eldridge, Frederick L., Mrs., 1943. References:  Strickler, Susan E., ed., "American Traditions in Watercolor," New York: Abbeville Press, (Worcester Art Museum), 1987. Acton, David, "Master Drawings from the Worcester Art Museum," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Worcester Museum of Art, 1998, pg. 230. Illustration:  Strickler, Susan E., ed., "American Traditions in Watercolor," New York: Abbeville Press, (Worcester Art Museum), 1987, pg. 119. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 23570457   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 23570457 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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