id: 138686 accession number: 1963.100 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.100 updated: 2022-01-04 16:16:47.439000 Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family, c. 1279-1257 BC. Egypt, Asyut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC. Limestone with traces of paint; overall: 128 x 119.5 cm (50 3/8 x 47 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.100 title: Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1279-1257 BC creation date earliest: -1279 creation date latest: -1257 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Asyut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC technique: limestone with traces of paint department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - New Kingdom type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 128 x 119.5 cm (50 3/8 x 47 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, 25 November 1963-5 January 1964, Year in Review for 1963, cat.: CMA Bulletin 50, no. 10 (December 1963), no. 84, illus. p. 264 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Ancient Egyptian medicine was held in high esteem, and doctors made a good living. In this scene, the chief physician Amenhotep leads his family in prayer. Arms uplifted in worship, they all wear the intricately styled wigs and elaborately layered, pleated, billowing linen garments that were the height of fashion during the long and prosperous reign of Ramesses II. Amenhotep's tomb chapel at Asyut was excavated in 1913-14 by the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Its reliefs are now divided among four cities in three countries. The right side of the wall directly adjoining the Cleveland relief is in Zurich, Switzerland. It shows the goddess Hathor taking Amenhotep by the hand and leading him and his family into the presence of the gods. The other sections are in the Toledo Museum of Art and the Egyptian Museum, Berlin, Germany. --- 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. 4 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n28 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. 4 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n26 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 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 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. 250-251; Mentioned: p. 250-252 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.100/1963.100_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.100/1963.100_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.100/1963.100_full.tif