id:			96303
accession number:	1916.2011
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.2011
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:16.536000

Head of Sekhmet, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, Thebes(?), New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Granodiorite; overall: 33.4 x 31.5 x 32 cm (13 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.2011

title:				Head of Sekhmet
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creation date:			c. 1391–1353 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1391
creation date latest:		-1353
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Thebes(?), New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
technique:	granodiorite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.4 x 31.5 x 32 cm (13 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 44, p. 209, pl. 335', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Presumably Thebes. Purchased from Paul Mallon. Formerly in the collection of Comte Le Marois, Normandy ("For the Egyptian Head of Lion, it comes from the own collection of Comte Demaroix [sic]," letter from Mallon, 1 March 1916, CMA Archives)
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CITATIONS

	“Closing Days of the Inaugural Exhibition.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 3, no. 3 (1916): 1–4. Fig. 23.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136049

	"Current Exhibitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>4, no. 1 (1917): 4-8.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 12
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136061

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 27
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136070

	Williams, C. W. "The Egyptian Collection in the Museum of Art at Cleveland, Ohio," <em>Journal of Egyptian Archaeology</em> 5 (1918), p. 278.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: 56
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n58

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 68
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n72

	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: 	Pp. 232-233, cat. 167.
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