id: 130133
accession number: 1952.513
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Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Granodiorite; overall: 39.1 x 30.3 x 27.7 cm (15 3/8 x 11 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1952.513
title: Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown
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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 Hanna Fund
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culture: Egypt, 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: 39.1 x 30.3 x 27.7 cm (15 3/8 x 11 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World
opening date: 1992-07-01T04:00:00
Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 1-September 27, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (October 24, 1992-January 31, 1993); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 2-May 31, 1993).
title: Exposition Akhénaton
opening date: 2008-10-16T00:00:00
Exposition Akhénaton. Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genéve 3, Switzerland (organizer) (October 16, 2008-February 1, 2009); Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy (February 26-June 14, 2009).
title: Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt
opening date: 2016-03-13T05:00:00
Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 13-June 12, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh (11 Feb. 1996 - 14 April 1996).', 'opening_date': '1996-02-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Expostion Akhenaton. Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de la Genève, Switzerland (10/16/2008 - 2/1/2009); Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy (2/26/2009 - 6/14/2009).", 'opening_date': '2008-10-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Milton Girod, Chahaignes, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1952
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Vandier, Jacques. Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne. Paris: A. et J. Picard, 1952.
page number: p. 318, 327; pl. CV, 5
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Lee, Sherman E. "A Royal Portrait of Amenhotep III." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 8 (1953)
page number: Mentioned: pp. 178-182; reproduced: p. 185, cover
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141902
"Art and Archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Art." Archaeology 6, no. 4 (1953) pp. 195-202.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: p. 195
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41663172
Sale Art 10 (January-February 1954)
page number: p. 78
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“Year’s Best: 1953.” ARTnews 52 (February 1954): p. 48.
page number: Mentioned: p. 48
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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. 5
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n15
Cleveland Museum of Art. In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Cleveland: The Museum, 1958.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: cat. 217
url: https://archive.org/details/LeonardCHanna/page/n125
Cleveland Museum of Art, and William Mathewson Milliken. The Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1958.
page number: p. 12
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963.
page number: p. 7, pl. 8
url: https://archive.org/details/EgyptianArt_80670/page/n4
Sherman E. Lee. "The Art Museum and Antiquity" Apollo 77, no. 22 (December 1963)
page number: p. 435, fig. 1
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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/n25
Cleveland Museum of Art. Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. 1967.
page number: pl. 2
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Christensen, Erwin O. A Guide to Art Museums in the United States. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968.
page number: p. 168, fig. 353
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Cooney, John D. "Amarna Art in the Cleveland Museum." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 1 (1968)
page number: p. 4, fig. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152189
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/n23
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
Johnson, Mark M. "An Introduction to the Art of Egypt" Arts and Activities 83, no. 2 (March 1978)
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: p. 38, fig. 7
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Silver, Adele Z. The Cleveland Museum of Art Guide to the Galleries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page number: p. 9, fig. 8
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Arielle P. Kozloff. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], 1983.
page number: p. 9
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Müller, Maya. Die Kunst Amenophis' III. und Echnatons. Basel: Verlag für Ägyptologie, 1988.
page number: p. IV-9
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Vandersleyen, Claude. "Les Deux Jeunesses d'Amenhotep III" Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie (BSFE) 111 (1988)
page number: p. 23, fig. 14
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Berman, Lawrence Michael. The Art of Amenhotep III: Art Historical Analysis : Papers Presented at the International Symposium Held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 20-21 November 1987. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1990.
page number: pl. 22, fig. 14
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 4
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20
Kozloff, Arielle P., Betsy Morrell Bryan, Lawrence Michael Berman, and Elisabeth Delange. Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1992.
page number: Cat. No. 11, Cover and pl. 12
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KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt. 3, no. 2 (Summer 1992)
page number: p. 1, 14
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Kozloff, Arielle P. and Betsy M. Bryan. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World" Minerva 3, no. 4 (July/August 1992)
page number: p. 21, fig. 2
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Schaire, Jeffrey, "Amenhotep," Arts and Antiques 9, no. 7 (September 1992)
page number: p. 46, cover
url:
Delange, E. "Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and His World Cleveland" Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie (BSFE) 125 (October 1992).
page number: p. 34, fig. 4
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David, Elizabeth. "D'un Régne l'Autre," Connaissance des Arts, special issue 36 (1993)
page number: p. 8, fig. 6
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Delange, Elizabeth, "Aménophis III Redécou-Vert," Connaissance des Arts 493 (March 1993)
page number: p. 41
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"Exhibition of the Year," Apollo 139, no. 382 (December 1993)
page number: p. 348
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Berman, Lawrence Michael, and Bernadette Letellier. Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Oxford University Press, 1996.
page number: p. 57
url:
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: Mentioned: p. 222-224; Reproduced: p. 222-223, Color: p. 52
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Hornung, Erik. History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1999.
page number: p. 95, cat. no. 30
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Slattery, Tom. The Tragic End of the Bronze Age: A Virus Makes History. San Jose: Writers Club Press, 2000.
page number: p. 125, fig. 7
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Hornung, Erik, and Betsy Morrell Bryan. The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2002.
page number: p. 63, Fig. 12
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Bothmer, Bernard V., Madeleine E. Cody, Paul Edmund Stanwick, and Marsha Hill. Egyptian Art: Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer. 2004.
page number: p. 450, Fig. 29.14
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 73
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Vandenbeusch, Marie, Aude Semat, and Margaret Maitland. Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art ; London : The British Museum, 2016.
page number: Mentioned pp. 58, 153; reproduced p. 59, fig. 14
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