Facsimile Painting of Geese, Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet
ca. 2575–2551 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: H. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); W. 161.5 cm (63 9/16 in.); scale:1:1; framed: H. 30.5 cm (12 in.); W. 167 cm (65 3/4 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Nefermaat and Itet, Meidum geese
Period
Original: Old Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.6.8
Tags
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 ...