ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Statue of the Lady Tjerty

AAT Object Form/Functionstatuettes (free-standing sculpture)

AAT Object Techniquepainting (coating)

(not assigned)Egypt

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom, Early Dynasty 18

Date1539-1479 BCE

MediumLimestone, paint

Credit LineGift of Joop Bollen

Dimensions9 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (24.1 x 8.9 x 13.7 cm)

Object number2006.050.001

Label TextFollowing the divisive incursions of the Hyksos in the Delta and the Kerma Nubians in southern Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, Egypt was reunited by the Theban pharaohs who founded the 18th Dynasty and the New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC). As Egypt expanded militarily to secure its borders, the country experienced a flowering of the arts. Wealth and artistic influence flowed into the country from its conquests in the Levant. The art of the early 18th Dynasty evoked the glorious days of the Old and Middle Kingdoms. Queen Hatshepsut went so far as to build her mortuary temple next to, and in imitation of, that of the illustrious Middle Kingdom pharaoh Nebhepetre Mentuhotep. Private sculpture, as well, copied many of the forms and details of Middle Kingdom antecedents.
Exhibition HistoryVan Nijl tot schelde, Bank Brussel Lambert, Brussels, Belgium, April 5 - June 9, 1991
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - Present
Published ReferencesDaniel de Cardon de Lichtbuer, Van Nijl tot schelde: Bank Brussel Lambert 5 april - 9 juni = Du Nil a l'escaut (Wommelgem: Blonde Artprinting Internat, 1991), number 110.

ProvenanceEx private collection, Belgium, by 1991. Ex coll. Joop Bollen, United States, purchased from Dick Meijer [D. Meyer Antiquiteiten], Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2, 2003.

Status

On view

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