MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Bust of a "Libyan" Dignitary - Walters 22398 - Back.jpg This fragment from a statue that showed its owner kneeling before his god reflects classic elements of Egyptian sculpture It was created at a time when Egypt was also ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Bust of a "Libyan" Dignitary - Walters 22398 - Back.jpg This fragment from a statue that showed its owner kneeling before his god reflects classic elements of Egyptian sculpture It was created at a time when Egypt was also influenced by Nubian and Libyan culture though as can be seen in the heavy folds of flesh around the mouth and the shape and placement of the eyes ca 660 650 BC Late Period greywacke cm 37 18 5 10 4 accession number 22 398 16717 Giovanni Dattari Collection Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris June 17-19 1912 no 293 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Thebes present-day Luxor Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian art made from greywacke Statues of the Egyptian late period
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