Paint Box of Vizier Amenemope
Unknown Artist
c. 1427–1401 BCE
Medium
boxwood with inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue
Dimensions
2.2 × 21 × 3.6 cm
Classification
Implements
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1914.680
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This paint box still preserves its original cakes of pigment: one cake each of red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). It belonged to Amenemope, who was vizier, or prime minister, under Amenhotep II. Amenemope probably used his paint box for recreation.