Wood and Leather Craftsmen, Tomb of Hapu
ca. 1400–1390 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
facsimile: H. 50 cm (19 11/16 in); w. 69 cm (27 3/16 in) In frame: H. 53.3 cm (21 in); W. 72.1 cm (28 3/8 in); Th. 1.9 cm (3/4 in) scale 1:1
Classification
Facsimile, Hapu (TT 66), craftsmen, wood, leather
Period
New Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.4.150
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling workshops of ancient Egypt with *Wood and Leather Craftsmen from the Tomb of Hapu*. This vivid facsimile captures a scene from around 1400–1390 B.C., during the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty, when Egypt was at the height of its imperial power under pharaohs like Amenhotep III. on the tomb walls, it depicts skilled men at work—shaping wood and crafting leatherhighlighting the essential trades that supported royal building projects and daily life along the Nile. These tomb scenes held profound cultural significance, serving as magical provisions for the afterlife. By illustr...
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...