Ceiling on the North Side of Nakht's Offering Chapel
1914–1915; original ca. 1410–1370 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
L. 80 cm (31 1/2 in.); w. 62 cm (24 7/16 in.); scale 1:1 not framed
Classification
Facsimile, Nakht (TT 52), ceiling
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number
15.5.19n
About the Artist
Norman de Garis Davies · 1865–1941
Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) was a British Egyptologist and archaeological artist whose meticulous copies of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings constitute one of the most important records of pharaonic art ever made. Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he originally trained for the ministry before being drawn into Egyptology through his involvement with the Egypt Exploration Fund in the 1890...