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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Head of a King

Head of a King

c. 1069–715 BCE
Overall: 27.5 x 35 x 28.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/16 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

This head was the first Egyptian royal sculpture to enter the museum. Although regal in appearance, the rather generalized facial features are not indicative of any specific ruler. It appears to be a work of the Third Intermediate Period, when artists drew inspiration from the elegant, idealizing style of the 18th Dynasty.
  • Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 68 archive.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 254-255; Mentioned: p. 254-255
  • In the Fullness of Time: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from American Collections. Hallie Ford Museum of Art (organizer) (August 31, 2002-January 4, 2003); Boise Art Museum, ID (March 1-June 29, 2003).
    Hallie Ford Museum, Willamette University, Salem, OR (8/31/02 - 1/4/2003) and Boise Museum of Art, ID (3/2003 - 5/15/2003): "In the Fullness of Time", exh. cat. no. 56, p.65.
    Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    CMA 1916, no. 1, p. 204, pl. 334; CMA 1965; CMA 1991
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.663