id: 136942 accession number: 1961.417 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.417 updated: 2019-04-18 10:53:13.263000 Head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Round Wig, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 BC. 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1391-1353 BC creation date earliest: 1391 creation date latest: 1353 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 BC technique: brown quartzite department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - New Kingdom type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17.3 x 17 x 25.3 cm (6 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art (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 (organizer) (November 14, 1999-February 6, 2000); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (March 10-May 29, 2000); The Art Institute of Chicago (July 1-September 24, 2000); Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (November 3, 2000-February 18, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, 24 October-25 November 1962, Year in Review, 1962, cat.: CMA Bulletin 49, no. 9 (November 1962), no. 86, illus. p. 220; Cleveland, East Ohio Gas Company, 18 March-1 April 1963, The Role of the Museum in Cleveland's Life; CMA/Fort Worth/Paris 1992-93, no. 8 (entry by Betsy M. Bryan), pl. 9, color; CMA 1996 (not in cat.)
MFA Boston (11/14/99-2/6/00); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (3/10 - 5/29/00); Art Institute of Chicago (7/1 - 9/24/00); Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden Netherlands (11/3/00 - 2/18/01). "Pharaohs of the Sun, Akenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen" fig. 23, p. 42, cat. no. 8, p. 203. --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Although he must have been nearly 50 years old when this portrait was carved, Amenhotep III appears more youthful than ever. Over a round, curly wig he wears a diadem with side streamers adorned with cobras bearing sun disks on their heads. The stone quartzite was associated with the sun on account of its ruddy hues, ranging in color from brown to red to purple. It was a favorite of Amenhotep III, the king who called himself the "dazzling sun-disk of all lands." --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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=27 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=25 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=34 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. 225-226, Color: p. 53; Mentioned: p. 225-226 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.417/1961.417_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.417/1961.417_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.417/1961.417_full.tif