Four Foreign Rulers, Tomb of Puyemre
A.D. 1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
H. 52 cm (20 1/2 in); w. 95.5 cm (37 5/8 in) scale 1:1 Framed: h. 22 in.; w. 39 in.
Classification
Facsimile, Puyemre (TT 39), foreigners
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.13
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...