Facsimile: Scene of Fish Preparation and Net Making
A.D. 1926; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: 57 × 93.6 cm (22 7/16 × 36 7/8 in.); Framed: 58.5 × 95.5 cm (23 1/16 × 37 5/8 in.); Scale 1:1
Classification
Facsimile, Amenhotep (TT 73), fish preparation, net making
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.50
Tags
About the Artist
Norman de Garis Davies · 1865–1941
Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) was a British Egyptologist and archaeological artist whose meticulous copies of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings constitute one of the most important records of pharaonic art ever made. Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he originally trained for the ministry before being drawn into Egyptology through his involvement with the Egypt Exploration Fund in the 1890...