Head of a King

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
Object ID
94114

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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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Credit line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Provenance
Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent

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  • Representative object from the topic Ancient Egyptian Personal Objects
    Ancient Egyptian Personal Objects

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