Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit
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Object Label
The themes of a woman pulling a thorn from another's foot and a woman, with a baby, stacking fruit are rather rare in Egyptian art. It is probable, therefore, that the unusual small details found in the fourteenth-century-B.C. Theban tomb painting (from the tomb of a man named Menena) illustrated here were the inspiration for this seventh¬century-B.C. relief. In copying these details, the artist has made them major scenes and rendered them far more elegantly.
Caption
Egyptian. Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.74. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.74_SL1.jpg)
Culture
Title
Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit
Date
ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
Period
Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period
Geography
Place found: Thebes, Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
48.74
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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