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Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Nina de Garis Davies
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 135
This facsimile painting copies the focal point of an offering scene in the tomb of an official (TT 226) at Thebes. It represents Amenhotep III enthroned beneath a kiosk. The king's mother Mutemwia stands behind him. Beneath the kiosk is a row of foreignors from Nubia and western Asia who praise the king with upraised arms. The name of the tomb owner is not preserved.
The facsimile was painted at the tomb in 1914 by Nina deGaris Davis for the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.
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Title: Amenhotep III and his Mother, Mutemwia, in a Kiosk
Artist: Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965)
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: 1914; original ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb TT 226
Medium: Tempera on paper
Dimensions: Facsimile H. 232.9 cm (91 11/16 in.); W. 162.6 cm (64 in.)
Scale 1:1
Framed: H. 2.35 m (92 1/2 in.); W. 1.64 m (64 3/4 in.); Th. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number: 15.5.1
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Chronology
Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.
Museum Publications
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 24, no. 4 (December, 1965)
Egyptian Wall Paintings: The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection of Facsimiles [adapted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 36, no. 4 (Spring, 1979)]
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