Ceiling on the South Side of the Transverse Hall of Nakht's Offering Chapel
1909–1910; original ca. 1410–1370 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Framed: 142.2 cm (56 in.); w. 203.8 cm (80 1/4 in.); th. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.) Scale: 1:1
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
15.5.19i
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lancelot Crane · 1880–1918
**Lancelot Crane (1880–1918)** was a British artist and illustrator best known for his precise facsimiles of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. Born in Hammersmith, London, as the son of the prominent Arts and Crafts illustrator and designer Walter Crane, he grew up immersed in the artistic world. Crane studied at the Royal College of Art, where he earned an Associateship in 1905 and later a travel...