Senwosret I, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.130.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.52.130.1_erg2.jpg)
Senwosret I, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.130.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.130.1_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Senwosret I, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.130.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.52.130.1.jpg)
Senwosret I
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
Most Egyptian reliefs decorating ancient temple walls were brightly painted. Limestone was too porous to allow for an even application of color, so artists usually covered a wall with plaster, smoothed the surface, and painted directly on the dried plaster. Over time, the painted plaster layer separated from the limestone and fell from the wall, so very little original coloration survives. Through the accidents of preservation, this fragment of the king’s face retains most of its ancient paint.
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 12
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
52.130.1
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fragment of limestone temple relief. At left, upper half of face of king wearing Upper Egyptian crown. At extreme right, portion of two strands of flail (?). Colors well preserved; skin of king red; eye-strips and eyebrows, blue; crown yellow (?); background, white.
Condition: Preserved portion intact. Slight loss of paint.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
CAPTION
Senwosret I, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.130.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.52.130.1_erg2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.52.130.1_erg2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 11/26/2007
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