Men from Punt Carrying Gifts, Tomb of Rekhmire
ca. 1479–1420 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: H. 46 cm (18 1/8 in.); W. 61.5 cm (24 3/16 in.), scale 1:1, Frame: H. 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); W. 65.5 cm (25 13/16 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Rekhmire (TT 100), Puntites
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.152
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of ancient Egypt with Nina de Garis Davies's watercolor facsimile, *Men from Punt Carrying Gifts, the Tomb of Rekhmire* (ca. 1479–1420 B.C.). This tempera-on-paper copy, at a precise 1:1 scale, captures a lively scene from the New Kingdom tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) in Thebes' Sheikh Abd el-Qurna It depicts dark-skinned men from the legendary land of Punt—likely in the Horn of Africa—bearing tribute like ebony, ivory, gold, and exotic animals to pharaohs of Dynasty 18, showcasing Egypt's far-reaching trade networks and imperial power. Davies, a pioneering early 20th-...
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...