ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Head of Amenhotep III

AAT Object Form/Functionstatues

(not assigned)Egypt

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Amenhotep III

Date1390-1353 BCE

MediumRed granite

Credit LineGift of the Morgens West Foundation

Dimensions10 3/8 x 9 x 7 1/2 in. (26.4 x 22.9 x 19.1 cm)

Object number2009.005.001

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2009 - December 19, 2014
African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 31 - June 21, 2015
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 6, 2015 - Present
Published ReferencesCharles Ede Ltd., Egyptian Antiquities (2005), number 5.
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XX (2009), 71, number 171.

ProvenanceEx coll. Father Saint Solieux (died 1990), acquired before 1983. By bequest to Les Intellectuels Chretiens, France. With Charles Ede Ltd., London, England, 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.

Status

On view

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