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Deceased censing and libating to the deified Mentuhotep and Ahmose-Nefertari, with the Hathor cow emerging from the mountain; Tomb of Ameneminet

Charles K. Wilkinson

1924–1925; original ca. 1295–1170 B.C.

Deceased censing and libating to the deified Mentuhotep and Ahmose-Nefertari, with the Hathor cow emerging from the mountain; Tomb of Ameneminet by Charles K. Wilkinson

Medium

Tempera on paper

Dimensions

facsimile: h. 60 cm (23 5/8 in); w. 87.5 cm (34 7/16 in) scale 1:1 framed: h. 62.9 cm (24 3/4 in); w. 90.8 cm (35 3/4 in)

Classification

Facsimile, Ameneminet (TT 277), deified Mentuhotep, Hathor cow, desert

Period

New Kingdom, Ramesside

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1930

Accession Number

30.4.124

Tags

NefertitiMenHieroglyphsCows

About the Artist

Charles K. Wilkinson · 1897–1986

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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