CultureEgyptianTitleHead of a PrincessWork TypesculptureDate1365-1349 BCEMaterialbrown quartziteMeasurementsH: 21 cmStyle PeriodNew Kingdom, 18th DynastyDescriptionFrom Tell el-Amarna; found in the workshop of the chief sculptor Tuthmosis by the expedition of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in 1912. The statue may represent Meritaten, the eldest daughter of Akhenaten.RepositoryEgyptian Museum,, Cairo, Egypt, Inv. no. JE 44869ARTstor CollectionItalian and other European Art (Scala Archives)SourceImage and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
depictions of the chidren
CultureEgyptianTitleHead of a PrincessWork TypesculptureDate1365-1349 BCEMaterialbrown quartziteMeasurementsH: 21 cmStyle PeriodNew Kingdom, 18th DynastyDescriptionFrom Tell el-Amarna; found in the workshop of the chief sculptor Tuthmosis by the expedition of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in 1912. The statue may represent Meritaten, the eldest daughter of Akhenaten.RepositoryEgyptian Museum,, Cairo, Egypt, Inv. no. JE 44869ARTstor CollectionItalian and other European Art (Scala Archives)SourceImage and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.
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Why do they have protruding heads? I remember something about Akhenaten having a odd shaped head...
ReplyDeleteSpeculation between genetic issue inherited from Dad: Marfans etc AND artistic enhancement suggestive of "primoidial egg shape...
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