5000 x 3555 px | 42,3 x 30,1 cm | 16,7 x 11,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
10 gennaio 2022
Ubicazione:
British Museum
Altre informazioni:
Ancient Egyptian wall art tomb painting: Offering bringers, Tomb of Nebamun Thebes, Circa 1350BC, 18th Dynasty. British Museum EA37980. Fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting depicting four estate workers bringing produce, barley, vegetables, a young deer and hares, from the fields. A procession of simply dressed servants brings offerings: sheaves of grain and desert animals to be food for Nebamun. These include a young gazelle and two desert hares. The border at the bottom shows that this was the lowest scene on this wall. One servant holds two desert hares by their ears. The animals have wonderfully textured fur and long whiskers. The superb draughtsmanship and composition make this standard scene very fresh and lively. The artists have even varied the servants’ simple clothes: the folds of each kilt are different. With one of these kilts, the artist changed his mind and painted a different set of folds over his first version, which is visible through the white paint. This man carries a small Dorcas gazelle. It is still alive and he holds it tightly to stop it struggling free. Painted plaster. Height: 41 centimetres . On display (G61/dc2/sE) (G61/dc2/sE)
