Facsimile Painting of an Alabaster Statuette
A.D. 1910–1911; original ca. 1323–1295 B.C.
Medium
Water color on paper
Dimensions
h. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); w. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, statuette, Haremhab, KV 57
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.2.79
Rights
Public Domain
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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...