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<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_negA_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L_573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.1999_NegID_L_573_18A_print_bw.jpg)

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Late Image of Nefertiti

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Nefertiti here wears the so-called Nubian wig. Formerly this wig had been worn almost exclusively by Nubian soldiers serving in pharaoh's army. Nefertiti seems to have adopted it as her personal symbol. She popularized the Nubian wig to such an extent that both men and women frequently wore it at el Amarna.

MEDIUM Sandstone, pigment
  • Place Excavated: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 35.1999
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society
    PROVENANCE Broad Hall of the State Apartments in the Great Palace in the Central City at Tell el-Amarna, Egypt; 1934-35, excavated by John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury for the Egypt Exploration Society (excavation no. 34-35/167); 1935, gift of the Egypt Exploration Society to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
    CAPTION Late Image of Nefertiti, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)
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    <em>Late Image of Nefertiti</em>, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 11 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 17 1/8 in. (29.3 x 10 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.1999. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.1999_wwg7.jpg)

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    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Late Image of Nefertiti
    Nubian Wig
    Sandstone
    Painted
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Late 18th Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Amarna Period
    Fragment
    Sculpture Relief
    Uraeus
    Sculpture
    Relief
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Late XVIII Dynasty
    ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    Akhenaten's Wife
    El Amarna
    Amarna Age

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Late Image of Nefertiti
    Nubian Wig
    Sandstone
    Painted
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    Late 18th Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Amarna Period
    Fragment
    Sculpture Relief
    Uraeus
    Sculpture
    Relief
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Late XVIII Dynasty
    ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    Akhenaten's Wife
    El Amarna
    Amarna Age

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