COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1892.232
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
Title:
Head of Queen Tiye
Title Type:
preferred
View:
front view
Creation Date:
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (c. 1353-1336 B.C.)
Creation Start Date:
-1386
Creation End Date:
-1349
Materials and Techniques:
Alabaster with pigment
Subject Description:
The fragmentary head from a small statue probably depicts Queen Tiye. The double uraeui, the sacred cobras, attached to a fillet circling the heavy wig denote royalty, but were rarely shown on a queen's image. Queen Tiye was the powerful wife of Amunhotep III, father of the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten.
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Dimensions:
H.: 7.3 cm (2-7/8 in.); W.: 5.7 cm (2-1/4 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1892.232
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E28709.TIF
