id: 98299 accession number: 1917.976 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.976 updated: 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 (?) title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.2 x 14.9 x 17.8 cm (6 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 7 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Inaugural Exhibition opening date: 1916-06-06T05:00:00 Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1916, no. 82, p. 213, pl. 336 (with nose restored) --- PROVENANCE Formerly in the collection of Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced: p. 212-215; Mentioned: p. 212-215 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.976/1917.976_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.976/1917.976_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.976/1917.976_full.tif