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Head of a King

c. 1069–715 BC

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

Granodiorite

Overall: 27.5 x 35 x 28.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.663

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

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.

Provenance

Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 68 archive.org

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 254-255; Mentioned: p. 254-255

Exhibition history

CMA 1916, no. 1, p. 204, pl. 334; CMA 1965; CMA 1991

Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, OR (8/31/02 - 1/4/2003) and Boise Museum of Art, ID (3/2003 - 5/15/2003): "In the Fullness of Time", exh. cat. no. 56, p.65.

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

In the Fullness of Time: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from American Collections. Hallie Ford Museum of Art (organizer) (August 31, 2002-January 4, 2003); Boise Art Museum, ID (March 1-June 29, 2003).

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