Neferhotep and Wife Offering, Tomb of Neferhotep
ca. 1327–1323 B.C.
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Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: 77 × 60 cm (30 5/16 × 23 5/8 in.), Scale 2:3, Frame: 81.9 × 64.5 cm (32 1/4 × 25 3/8 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Neferhotep (TT 49), offering
Period
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.6.39
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of ancient Egypt with *Neferhotep and Wife Offering from the Tomb of Neferhotep, a facsimile created by Nina de Garis Davies. to around 1327–1323 B.C. during the New Kingdom's Amarna (Dynasty 18), this tempera-on-paper copy at a 2:3 scale a classic tomb wall painting. It depicts Neferhotep, likely a noble official, and his wife presenting offerings—symbolizing devotion to the gods and ensuring prosperity in the afterlife. Such scenes were essential in Egyptian tombs, guiding the deceased's eternal journey. The Amarna Period, under Pharaoh Akhenaten, revolutionized ...
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...