Detail of a Ram, Tomb of Khnumhotep
ca. 1897–1878 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 18 cm (7 1/16 in); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in), scale 1:1, framed: h.
Classification
Facsimile, Khnumhotep (Beni Hasan 3), ram
Period
Middle Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.8.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the ancient world with this exquisite *Detail of a Ram* from Tomb of Khnumhotep, a Kingdom masterpiece dating to around 1897–1878 B.C. during Egypt's Dynasty 12.numhotep, a nomarch (provincial governor), adorned his Beni Hasan tomb with vibrant wall paintings depicting offerings and sacred animals like this ram. In Egyptian culture, rams symbolized fertility, strength, and divine power, often linked to creator gods such as Khnum or Amun, ensuring prosperity in the afterlife. This facsimile, meticulously reproduced at 1:1 scale in tempera on paper (18 x 21 cm), captures the original'...
About the Artist
Nina de Garis Davies|Norman 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...