Body with garment, pleating
Unknown Artist
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
H. 12 × W. 9 × D. 5.5 cm (4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Classification
Body with garment, pleating, hip (?)
Period
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921
Accession Number
21.9.549
Art Historical Context
Step into the revolutionary world of ancient Egypt's Amarna Period with this intimate limestone sculpture, *Body with Garment, Pleating*. Created by an unknown artist around 1353–1336 B.C. during Dynasty 18 of the New Kingdom, this petite piece—measuring just 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 inches—captures a torso clad in finely pleated fabric. Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1921 by Edward. Harkness, it the bold artistic shifts under Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign introduced a radical new style emphasizing naturalism over rigid idealism. The Amarna style is renowned for its elongated propo...