Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a King

Date

c. 1069–715 BCE

Medium

granodiorite

Culture

Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This head was the first Egyptian royal sculpture to enter the museum. Although regal in appearance, the rather generalized facial features are not indicative of any specific ruler. It appears to be a work of the Third Intermediate Period, when artists drew inspiration from the elegant, idealizing style of the 18th Dynasty.

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