Fragmentary Head of a King (Eye Fragment)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Face from a Composite Statue of a Pharaoh
Dynasty 18, probably reign of Thutmose IV (ca. 1400-1390 B.C.)
Red jasper
Nose: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1398b)
Cheek and mouth: Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1993 (1993.27a, b)
Eye and temple: Lent by the Musée du Louvre, Paris (L.1993.21a, b)
These fragments are from a composite statue with red jasper. Although the composition of statues from various different stone materials was preferred during the Amarna period (ca. 1352-1336 B.C.), this work may be dated earlier on stylistic grounds. Especially close are representations of King Thutmose IV, grandfather of King Akhenaten of Amarna.
Fragments of this face were dispersed in various collections but in 1993 it became possible to reunite the original parts through an exchange with the Petrie Museum, London, and a long-term loan from the Louvre, Paris. The full statue probably had a garment of white alabaster; face, hands, and feet of red jasper; and a crown of blue glass or faience with rich gilding.
Dynasty 18, probably reign of Thutmose IV (ca. 1400-1390 B.C.)
Red jasper
Nose: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1398b)
Cheek and mouth: Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1993 (1993.27a, b)
Eye and temple: Lent by the Musée du Louvre, Paris (L.1993.21a, b)
These fragments are from a composite statue with red jasper. Although the composition of statues from various different stone materials was preferred during the Amarna period (ca. 1352-1336 B.C.), this work may be dated earlier on stylistic grounds. Especially close are representations of King Thutmose IV, grandfather of King Akhenaten of Amarna.
Fragments of this face were dispersed in various collections but in 1993 it became possible to reunite the original parts through an exchange with the Petrie Museum, London, and a long-term loan from the Louvre, Paris. The full statue probably had a garment of white alabaster; face, hands, and feet of red jasper; and a crown of blue glass or faience with rich gilding.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragmentary Head of a King (Eye Fragment)
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Thutmose IV
- Date: ca. 1400–1390 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Red jasper
- Credit Line: Lent by Musée du Louvre
- Object Number: L.1993.21a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art