Ceiling Fragment, Tomb of Neferhotep

Charles K. Wilkinson

A.D. 1924; original ca. 1323–1295 B.C.

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Medium

Tempera on paper

Dimensions

H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in); w. 41 cm (16 1/8 in), scale 1:1

Classification

Facsimile, Neferhotep (TT 50), ceiling (enhanced)

Period

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1930

Accession Number

30.4.28

About the Artist

Charles K. Wilkinson · 18971986

Charles K. Wilkinson (1897–1986), born Charles Kyrle Wilkinson in London on October 13, 1897, was the son of Horace W. Wilkinson, a stained-glass window maker, and Frances Adkins. Serving in World War I, he honed his artistic skills at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, where the influential director Henry Tonks shaped the rigorous training of a generation of draughtsmen. In ...

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