Leather Working, Tomb of Rekhmire
ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Medium
Paper, tempera paint, ink
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in); w. 33 cm (13 in), scale 1:1, framed: h. 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in); w. 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in)
Classification
Facsimile, Rekhmire (TT 100), leather work
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.6.14
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling workshops of ancient Egypt with *Leather Working, Tomb Rekhmire*, a vivid facsimile of a wall painting from the Theban tomb of Rekhmire, a powerful vizier during Dynasty 18 of the New Kingdom (ca. 4–1425 B.C.). This scene captures artisans skillfully tanning hides, stretching leather, and crafting goods—essential trades that ensured the vizier's comfort in the afterlife. Such detailed depictions in elite tombs like Rekhmire's (TT 100) reflect the era's prosperity under pharaohs like Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, showcasing Egypt's advanced economy and reverence for dail...
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...