id:			93957
accession number:	1914.543
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.543
updated:		2022-01-04 14:34:28.590000

Stele of Itetioqer and Family, c. 2123-2040 BC. Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Middle Kingdom, probably Dynasty 11, 2040-1980 BC. Painted limestone; overall: 24.5 x 51.8 cm (9 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.543

title:				Stele of Itetioqer and Family
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creation date:			c. 2123-2040 BC
creation date earliest:		-2123
creation date latest:		-2040
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Southern Upper Egypt, Middle Kingdom, probably Dynasty 11, 2040-1980 BC
technique:	painted limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Old Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 24.5 x 51.8 cm (9 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1991

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PROVENANCE

	Said to be from Thebes. Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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wall description: 
The huge eyes, spindly limbs, and awkwardly laid out inscriptions are typical of the period after the collapse of the Old Kingdom, when there was no central government. Court sponsorship of the arts declined drastically during this time, and art in the provinces followed its own course. A certain folksy charm--naive and utterly unpretentious--compensates for the lack of sophistication. The two women standing behind the seated man and his wife are probably their daughters. The man’s skin is painted red, the women’s yellow, as was the tradition in Egypt. The inscription is a standard formula for funerary offerings on behalf of Itetioqer.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n26

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n24

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n32

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 142, color p. 47; Mentioned: p. 142-143
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