Relief Fragment of King Ahmose and Queen
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Object Label
Mount Desert Island, off the coast of Maine, first became a subject for American painters in the 1830s. For Fitz Henry Lane, the Maine coast provided a natural extension of his repertoire of New England marine imagery. Lane’s reductive power is demonstrated in this spare composition, in which much of the picture plane is given over to the effect of a twilight sky and the shadowy form of a ship reflected in the still water.
Caption
Relief Fragment of King Ahmose and Queen, ca. 1539–1514 B.C.E.. Basalt (probably), gesso or plaster, 4 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 2 15/16 in. (12 x 20.9 x 7.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 81.183. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 81.183_negC_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Relief Fragment of King Ahmose and Queen
Date
ca. 1539–1514 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt, Possible place collected: Thebes (Karnak), Egypt
Medium
Basalt (probably), gesso or plaster
Classification
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 2 15/16 in. (12 x 20.9 x 7.4 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
81.183
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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