Rekhmire and Mother Receiving Offerings, Tomb of Rekhmire
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on Paper
Dimensions
facsimile: h. 57.5 cm (22 5/8 in); w. 87.5 cm (34 7/16 in) scale 1:4 framed: h. 61 cm (24 in); w. 90.8 cm (35 3/4 in)
Classification
Facsimile, Rekhmire (TT 100), offering
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.79
Tags
Art Historical Context
This captivating facsimile recreates a vibrant wall painting from the Tomb of Rekhmire at Thebes, dating to Egypt's New Kingdom (ca. 1479–1425 B.C.), during the prosperous 18th Dynasty. Rekhmire, a high-ranking vizier and mayor of Thebes under pharaohs like Thutmose III, commissioned his elaborately decorated tomb to ensure eternal prosperity. Scenes like this one, depicting him seated with his mother receiving offerings of food and goods, highlight the elite's idealized afterlife, where abundance and familial devotion promised continuity in the next world. Rendered in the classic Egyptian st...
About the Artist
Charles K. Wilkinson · 1897–1986
Charles K. Wilkinson (1897–1986), born Charles Kyrle Wilkinson in London on October 13, 1897, was the son of Horace W. Wilkinson, a stained-glass window maker, and Frances Adkins. Serving in World War I, he honed his artistic skills at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, where the influential director Henry Tonks shaped the rigorous training of a generation of draughtsmen. In ...