Foreigners, Tomb of Menkheperraseneb
A.D. 1925; original ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
H. 46 × W. 42 cm (18 1/8 × 16 9/16 in.); scale 1:1; framed: H. 49.7 × W. 45 cm (19 9/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Menkheperraseneb (TT 86), Asian, Keftiu
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into ancient Egypt with *Foreigners, from the Tomb of Menkheperraseneb*, a meticulous 1925 facsimile by Nina de Garis Davies. vibrant tempera-on-paper copy46 × 42 cm, at 1:1 scale) captures a scene from the original New Kingdom wall painting, dating to ca. 1479–1425 B.C. in Dynasty 18. The tomb belonged to Menkheperraseneb, a high-ranking official likely serving under pharaohs like Thutmose III, whose reign expanded Egypt's empire through conquests. Davies, a pioneering Egyptologist and artist, created this work during excavations at Thebes (modern Luxor), preserving details of foreigner...
About the Artist
Nina 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...