Ramesses III and Prince Amenherkhepeshef before Hathor
Original ca. 1184–1153 B.C.
Medium
Paper, tempera paint, ink
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 94.5 cm (37 3/16 in); w. 64.5 cm (25 3/8 in) scale about 2:5 framed: h. 87.3 cm (34 3/8 in); w. 67.3 cm (26 1/2 in)
Classification
Facsimile, Amenherkhepeshef (QV 55), Ramesses III
Period
New Kingdom, Ramesside
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.8.7
Tags
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...