3746328 Cleopatra, 1858 (marble) by Story, William Wetmore (1819-95); 141 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Cleopatra (69??0 B.C.), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite. She wears the "nemes," or royal headcloth, topped with the "uraeus," or cobra headdress. ).