Funeral Procession, Tomb of Pairy
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 48.5 cm (19 1/8 in); w. 192 cm (75 9/16 in) scale 1:1 framed: h. 52/1 cm (20 1/2 in); w. 195.6 cm (77 in)
Classification
Facsimile, Pairy (TT 139), funeral
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession Number
35.101.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking facsimile captures a vibrant funeral procession from the Tomb of Pairy, dating to Egypt’s New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (ca. 1390–1352 B.C.). Created by Nina de Garis Davies at a precise 1:1 scale in tempera on paper, it reproduces the original wall painting’s lively details, including men and women participants, coffins, and ritual elements typical of elite burials during this prosperous era of Egyptian history. Davies, renowned for her meticulous copies of Theban tomb art, worked alongside her husband Norman to document fragile monuments before further deterioration. Her facsimiles,...
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...