Nubians with a Giraffe and a Monkey, Tomb of Rekhmire
ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: H. 47.5 × W. 58.5 cm (18 11/16 × 23 1/16 in.); Scale. 1:1; Framed: H. 49.1 × W. 60 cm (19 5/16 × 23 5/8 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Nubians, giraffe, monkey Rekhmire (TT 100)
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number
31.6.40
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sunlit world of ancient Egypt with *Nubians with a Giraffe and a*, a meticulous facsimile from the Tomb of Rekhm (TT100) in Thebes. Dating to the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty (. 1504–1425 B.C.), this depicts Nubian tributaries—dark-skinned figures in vibrant attire—leading an exotic giraffe and playful monkey toward the Egyptian court. Such processions highlight Egypt's vast empire, where southern neighbors offered rare animals as tribute, symbolizing prestige and the pharaoh's dominion. Rekhmire, a powerful vizier under Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, commissioned his tomb with de...
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...