Practice Sketch or Votive Offering
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
The elaborate wig, aquiline nose, fastidious indication of fat folds on the neck, and elongated and downward-sloping eye all indicate that the king depicted here was one of the Ramesside rulers of Dynasty XIX or XX. The several discrepancies between the inked lines and the incisions suggest that the piece was a practice sketch for a wall relief or painting, but it may have also served as a temple offering to the king. Around the crown of the head is an intricate circlet consisting of two uraeus cobras affixed to the brow and side. These cobras were insignias of royalty.
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 19 to Dynasty 20
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
7 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (18.8 × 16.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.54
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone trial piece. Head and upper torso of king facing right. Uraeus, curled wig with diadem, neckline rounded at base. Below, clenched hand and, to right, and index finger. Black outlines visible around eyes, chin etc. Correction in drawing of entire profile. On reverse head of Anubis jackal, incised. Irregular form and certainly a trial piece.
Condition: Upper portion of head lost. Numerous encrustations on surface.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
CAPTION
Practice Sketch or Votive Offering, ca. 1295–1070 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 7 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (18.8 × 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.54. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.54_wwg8.jpg)
IMAGE
installation, West Wing gallery 8 installation, CUR.16.54_wwg8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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