False Door, Tomb of Mentuherkhepeshef
1912; original ca. 1579–1425 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
H. 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in); w. 36 cm (14 3/16 in), scale 1:1
Classification
Facsimile, Mentuherkhepeshef (TT 20), false door
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number
15.5.5
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...