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accession number: 1961.417
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Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Round Wig, c. 1391–1353 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE). Brown quartzite; overall: 17.3 x 17 x 25.3 cm (6 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1961.417
title: Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Round Wig
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creation date: c. 1391–1353 BCE
creation date earliest: -1391
creation date latest: -1353
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
technique: brown quartzite
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17.3 x 17 x 25.3 cm (6 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - 1962
opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
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: Pharoahs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen
opening date: 1999-11-14T00:00:00
Pharoahs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (November 14, 1999-February 6, 2000); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (March 10-May 29, 2000); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (July 1-September 24, 2000); Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2301 EC Leiden, Netherlands (November 3, 2000-February 18, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "The Role of the Museum in Cleveland's Life, East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, OH (18 March-1 April 1963)", 'opening_date': '1963-03-18T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York, Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
date: ?-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1962." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 9 (1962).
page number: No. 86, illus. p. 220
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151915
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963.
page number: p. 9, pl. 9
url: https://archive.org/details/EgyptianArt_80670/page/n11
Cooney, John D. "Amarna Art in the Cleveland Museum." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 1 (1968)
page number: pp. 1-17, figs. 1, 4, 5
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152189
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
Hall, Emma Swan, "Some Ancient Egyptian Sculpture in American museums," Apollo: A Journal of the Arts 77 (July 1968).
page number: p. 15, fig. 17
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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
Kozloff, Arielle P. "Nefertiti, Beloved of the Living Disk." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 9 (November 1977)
page number: p. 290, fig. 4
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159548
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
Kozloff, Arielle P. "Guessing the Unseen from the Seen." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 9 (December 1979)
page number: p. 336, fig. 7
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159651
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Arielle P. Kozloff. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1970.
page number: p. 8
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Kozloff, Arielle P. "Most Beautiful Youth Who Ever Happened." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 1 (Jan. 1984)
page number: p. 21, fig. 17
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159844
Kozloff, Arielle P. "The Egyptian Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art," American Research Center in Egypt. Newsletter 125 (Spring 1984).
page number: p. 8
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Vandersleyen, Claude. "Les Deux Jeunesses d'Amenhotep III," Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie 111 (1988).
page number: p. 24, fig. 15
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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. 24, fig. 20
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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
KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 3, no. 2 (Summer 1992).
page number: Cover and p. 16
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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. 25, fig. 10
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Delange, Elisabeth. "Introduction," Connaissance des arts. Special Issue 36 (1993).
page number: p. 5, fig. 3
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Jean-Michel Charbonnier, "Idoles et colosses de pierre," Beaux-Arts Magazine, special issue (February 1993).
page number: p. 36
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Bianchi, Robert Steven. "Amenophis III: Le Pharaon Soleil," Archéologia 288 (March 1993).
page number: p. 20
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Berman, Lawrence M. "La Collection Egyptienne du Cleveland Museum of Art," Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie. 134 (October 1995).
page number: p. 25, fig. 6
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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. 225-226; Reproduced: p. 225-226, Color: p. 53
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Gleisser, Benjamin, "Mystery of the Nile," Northern Ohio Live (September 1999).
page number: p. 27
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Freed, Rita E., and Hans D. Schneider. Farao's van de zon: Achnaton, Nefertiti, Toetanchamon : Rijkmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 3. 11. 2000-18. 02. 2001= Pharaohs of the sun : Akenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen. Heidelberg, Germany: Vernissage-Verlag GmbH & Co KG, 2000.
page number: pp. 42 & 203, cat. no. 8, fig. 23
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: no. 5, p. 10
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Ziegler, Christiane, and G. A. Gaballa. The Pharaohs. Milan: Bompiani, 2002.
page number: no. 5, p. 116 & 148
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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. 454
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