Fragment of a Hunting Scene, Tomb of Intef
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in); w. 34 cm (13 3/8 in), scale unknown, framed: h.
Classification
Facsimile, Intef (TT 155), hunting
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.105.20
Art Historical Context
Step into ancient Egypt with this vivid *Fragment of a Hunting Scene from the Tomb of Intef, a precious facsimile created by renowned Egyptologist Nina Garis Davies. Dating to the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty (. 1479–1458 B.C.), the original wall painting adorned the Theban tomb of a noble named Intef, capturing a dynamic moment of aristocratic pursuit amid the Nile's lush marshes. Rendered in tempera on paper at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this 25.5 x 34 cm copy preserves the fragment's intricate details with remarkable fidelity, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1948. Hunting scenes lik...
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...