Category:Statue of Drusilla as Arsinoe, Inv. 22683 (Gregorian Egyptian Museum)

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Italiano: Statua di Drusilla come Arsinoe II, circa 40 d.C., Inv. 22683. Associata alle due statue di Tolomeo II Filadelfo (Inv. 22682) e di Asrinoe II (Inv. 22681), pure esposte nel Museo Gregoriano Egizio, le quali si trovavano a Eliopoli, dove erano state erette da Tolomeo per celebrare la divinizzazione della sorella-moglie Arsinoe, morta nel 270 a.C. Si ritiene plausibilmente che queste due statue siano state trasportate a Roma da Caligola, il quale negli Horti Sallustiani volle creare un parallelismo tra lui stesso e Tolomeo decorandone un edificio dedicato alla divinizzazione della sorella-moglie Drusilla, anche lei morta prematuramente. Quindi Caligola avrebbe commissionato questa seconda statua con le sembianze di Arsinoe, consacrandola a Drusilla divinizzata.
English: Statue of Drusilla as Arsinoe II, about 40 AD, Inv. 22683. Associated with the two statues of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Inv. 22682) and Asrinoe II (Inv. 22681), also exhibited in the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, which were located in Heliopolis, where they had been erected by Ptolemy to celebrate the deification of his sister-wife Arsinoe, who died in 270 BC. It is plausibly believed that these two statues were transported to Rome by Caligula, who wanted to create a parallel between himself and Ptolemy by decorating a building dedicated to the deification of his sister-wife Drusilla, who also died prematurely. Caligula would then commission this second statue in the form of Arsinoe, consecrating it to Drusilla deified.

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