The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ramesses III and Prince Amenherkhepeshef before Hathor, Tomb of Amenherkhepeshef

Ramesses III and Prince Amenherkhepeshef before Hathor, Tomb of Amenherkhepeshef

Period:: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty:: Dynasty 20
Reign:: reign of Ramesses III
Date:: ca. 1184–1153 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Valley of the Queens, Tomb of Amenherkhepeshef (QV 55), MMA graphic expedition 1933
Medium:: Paper, tempera paint, ink
Dimensions:: facsimile: h. 94.5 cm (37 3/16 in); w. 64.5 cm (25 3/8 in) scale about 2:5 framed: h. 87.3 cm (34 3/8 in); w. 67.3 cm (26 1/2 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.8.7

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 135

Description

This facsimile copies a scene in the tomb of Prince Amenherkhepeshef in the Valley of the Queens. It shows the prince following his father, Ramesses III, who is led by the goddess Hathor. Amenherkhepeshef wears a sidelock of hair, symbolic of youth. The king wears an elaborate garment with a feather pattern and long sashes.
Provenance

Painted at Qurna by Nina de Garis Davies for the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition, 1933. Accessioned by the Museum the same year.
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Who
Nina de Garis Davies (157)
What
Ink (28,374)

Paper (24,017)

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Africa (33,578)

Egypt (29,894)

Upper Egypt (13,570)

Thebes (10,504)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,741)
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