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accession number:	1917.976
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Head of Queen Hatshepsut (?), c. 1479–1457 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1479-1457 BC. Graywacke; overall: 16.2 x 14.9 x 17.8 cm (6 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.976

title:				Head of Queen Hatshepsut (?)
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creation date:			c. 1479–1457 BC
creation date earliest:		-1479
creation date latest:		-1457
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1479-1457 BC
technique:	graywacke
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.2 x 14.9 x 17.8 cm (6 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1916, no. 82, p. 213, pl. 336 (with nose restored)

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PROVENANCE

	Formerly in the collection of Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago
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wall description:
Tuthmosis III was still a child when he came to the throne, so his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, assumed the reins of government, first as regent, then as full-fledged king beside him. This beautiful head represents either Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis III, whose facial features are notoriously difficult to tell apart. They ruled together for 22 years, and presumably the same sculptors worked for them both. Very likely the sculptors themselves did not know whose statue they were working on until the final inscription was added.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n17

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. <em>Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 7. Plate 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/EgyptianArt_80670/page/n9

	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. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n27

	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. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n25

	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. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n34

	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. 212-215; Mentioned: p. 212-215
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