Detail from an Offering Procession, Tomb of Amenemweskhet
A.D. 1925; original ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 30.5 cm (12 in); w. 44 cm (17 5/16 in), scale 1:1, framed: h.
Classification
Facsimile, Amenemweskhet (TT 62), offerings
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.43
Art Historical Context
This exquisite facsimile captures a detail from an offering procession in the Tomb of Amenemweskhet, originally painted during Egypt’s New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (ca. 1479–1425 B.C.). Created in 1925 by Nina de Garis Davies using tempera on paper at a precise 1:1 scale, it faithfully reproduces the vibrant colors and delicate lines of the ancient wall painting. Such processions typically depict servants bearing food, flowers, and other offerings for the tomb owner’s afterlife, reflecting the Egyptians’ deep belief in sustaining the deceased through ritual provisions. Davies was renowned for her ...
About the Artist
Nina de Garis Davies · 1881–1965
Nina de Garis Davies, born Anna Macpherson Cummings on January 6, 1881, in Salonika, Greece, to English-Scottish parents Cecil J. Cummings and Sarah Macintosh Tannoch, showed early artistic talent as the eldest of three daughters. After her father's death in 1894, the family relocated to Scotland and then London, where she trained at the Slade School of Art. In 1906, at age 25, a holiday trip to E...