id:			94116
accession number:	1914.665
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.665
updated:		2023-02-04 20:10:05.964000

Votive Relief of a King, 305–246 BC. Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, early Ptolemaic Dynasty. Limestone; overall: 13.6 x 8.9 x 1.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.665

title:				Votive Relief of a King
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creation date:			305–246 BC
creation date earliest:		-305
creation date latest:		-246
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, early Ptolemaic Dynasty
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 13.6 x 8.9 x 1.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1916, no. 3, p. 204, pl. 34

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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Trial pieces—carved on limestone flakes, or <em>ostraca</em>—and sculptors' models allow us to see how the ancient Egyptian artist approached his work. Showing the profile of a king in relief, this piece is a masterpiece in its own right, and was probably meant to be copied.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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 and Mentioned: p. 471
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	Cafici, Giorgia. The Egyptian Elite As Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture. 2021, 98.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 98, note 240.
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