Userhat and Wife Visit Abydos, Tomb of Userhat
A.D. 1909–1910; original ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile H. 47 cm (18 1/2 in.); W. 168 cm (66 1/8 in.) scale 1:1 Framed H. 50 cm (19 11/16 in.); W. 170 cm (66 15/16 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Userhat (TT 51), voyage to Abydos
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.34
Tags
About the Artist
Norman de Garis Davies · 1865–1941
Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) was a British Egyptologist and archaeological artist whose meticulous copies of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings constitute one of the most important records of pharaonic art ever made. Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he originally trained for the ministry before being drawn into Egyptology through his involvement with the Egypt Exploration Fund in the 1890...