The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Artist's Sketch of Ramesses IV

Artist's Sketch of Ramesses IV

Period:: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty:: Dynasty 20
Reign:: reign of Ramesses IV
Date:: ca. 1153–1147 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramesses IV (KV 2), in front of tomb, Davis 1905–1906
Medium:: Limestone, ink
Dimensions:: H. 18 cm (7 1/16 in); w. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
Credit Line:: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number:: 30.8.234

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Description

This small artist's sketch shows a king, probably Ramesses IV, in the conventional style of the late New Kingdom wearing the blue crown. A student scribe has made a less than successful attempt to copy the profile on the same limestone flake. The sketch was found in front of the tomb of Ramesses IV in the Valley of the Kings.
Provenance

Theodore M. Davis excavations by Ayrton, 1905-1906. Acquired by Davis in the division of finds. Theodore M. Davis Collection 1906-1915. Bequeathed to the Museum by Davis, 1915; accessioned, 1930.
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What
Ink (28,428)

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Ostraka (774)
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Africa (33,408)

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When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,624)
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