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Head of a King
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About this work
This head was the first Egyptian royal sculpture to enter the museum. Although regal in appearance, the rather generalized facial features are not indicative of any specific ruler. It appears to be a work of the Third Intermediate Period, when artists drew inspiration from the elegant, idealizing style of the 18th Dynasty.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineHead of a King, c. 1069–715 BCE. Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22. Granodiorite; overall: 27.5 x 35 x 28.4 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 11 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1914.663
