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Ancient Egyptian portraiture: 18th dynasty from Akhenaten to the end of the dynasty
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Ancient Egyptian portraiture

18th dynasty, from Akhenaten to the end of the dynasty

Amenhotep IV, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Limestone
Height of the bust: 58 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Akhenaten, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Smenkhkare, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Akhenaten and Smenkhkare
Relief
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Royal, possibly Smenkhkare, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Royal, possibly Smenkhkare
Sitting figure
Steatite
Height: 64 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Nefertiti, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Nefertiti, main wife of Akhenaten
Head
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Nefertiti, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Nefertiti
Head
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Nefertiti, Source: Aegyptisches Museum Berlin - Click for larger picture Nefertiti
Head
Limestone
Height: 50 cm
Source: Ägyptisches Museum Berlin
Tutankhamen, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Tutankhamen
Head
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Tutankhamen, Source: Lionel Casson: Ancient Egypt - Click for larger picture Tutankhamen
Height: 165 cm
Source: Lionel Casson: Ancient Egypt
Tutankhamen, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Tutankhamen
Funerary mask
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Woman's head, Source: mfa, Boston - Click for larger picture Woman
Head
Plaster
Height: 27cm
Thutmose's workshop
Source: mfa, Boston
Princess, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Princess
Fragmentary, head
Amarna
Limestone
Height: 15 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Maya and Meryt, Source: mfa, Boston - Click for larger picture Maya and Meryt, Source: mfa, Boston - Click for larger picture Maya and Meryt
Sitting figures
Limestone
Height: 158 cm
Source: mfa, Boston
Meryt, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Meryt, wife of Maya
Relief
Saqqara
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Royal couple, Source: AICT - Click for larger picture Royal couple, Source: AICT - Click for larger picture Royal couple
Source:AICT - Art images for college teaching
Couple, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Couple, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Couple
Sitting figures
Schist
Height: 13 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Royal head, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Unknown royal
Head
Blue faience
Height: 9 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Tui, Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette - Click for larger picture Tui, priestess of Min
Standing figure
Wood
Height: 34 cm
Source: Les merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette Vol.1, 1958
Tuyu, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Tuyu
Funerary mask
Cartonnage
Source: Jon Bodsworth
Horemheb as scribe, Source: mfa, Boston - Click for larger picture Horemheb
Sitting
Granite
Height: 117 cm
Source: mfa, Boston
Horemheb, Source: Jon Bodsworth - Click for larger picture Horemheb
Relief
Saqqara
Source: Jon Bodsworth

 

 

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