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King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen

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Description: King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen
TitleKing Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date2490–2472 B.C.
Creation date (description)Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaura
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsGreywacke
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https:/­/­collections.mfa.org/­objects/­230/­king-menkaura-mycerinus-and-queen
Accession number11.1738
SubjectsPortrait sculpture, Egyptian--AncientEgypt--Kings and rulers
Statusfrom Giza, Menkaura Valley Temple
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Chapter 5: Dynasty IV, 2680–2565 B.C.
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
Description: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
The peculiar stepped structure at Medum now rises in three stages, although the lowest is hidden by the mounds of debris that have accumulated around its base [58, 59]....
Author
W. Stevenson Smith, William Kelly Simpson
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© W. Stevenson Smith, 1958, 1965
Related print edition pages: pp.37-61
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31551&redirecttoanchor=104822
Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--Fourth dynastyEgypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.Meidum Site (Egypt)Sculpture, EgyptianPyramids of Giza (Egypt)Egypt--Kings and rulersArt, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--Egypt

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Object typePainting
MaterialsFresco
LocationChurch of Santa Croce (Bardi Chapel), Florence
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Description: St. Francis of Assisi before the Sultan of Egypt, from Altarpiece of the Lives of...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameFrancés, Nicolás
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1445–1460
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil and tempera
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/altarpiece-of-the-lives-of-the-virgin-and-saint/84f4be5c-201b-49dc-a5ac-dbbf598aa96e
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Description: Encirclement of the sultan of Egypt by crusaders and Christians of Nubia. Marino...
Encirclement of the sultan of Egypt by crusaders and Christians of Nubia. Marino Sanudo, "Liber secretorum fidelium crucis," fol. 14r (bottom of page)
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Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation datec. 1321
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsParchment
LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City
Accession numberMS. Vat. lat. 2972
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Encirclement of the sultan of Egypt by crusaders and Christians of Nubia. Marino Sanudo, "Liber secretorum fidelium crucis," fol. 14r (bottom of page)
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist
Creation date1346–1337 B.C.
Object typeContainer
MaterialsGold, silver, semiprecious stones, and glass
Dimensions6.3 in. (16 cm) H
LocationEgyptian Museum, Cairo
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Description: Cleopatra. "Abreviamen de las Estorias," fol. 15v (detail)
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator name (description)Southern France or Italy
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation datec. 1300–1400
Object typeBook/Manuscript
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date690–664 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsGray granite
Dimensions39.4 in. (100 cm) H
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Creator roleArtist
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation date305 BC–30 BC
Object typeSculpture
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http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/160171
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Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date690–664 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBlack basalt
Dimensions5.5 in. (14 cm) H
LocationNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
https://www.kulturarv.dk/mussam/VisGenstand.action?genstandId=6448996
Accession numberÆIN 1538
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date690–664 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBlack granite
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Bows trampled beneatht he pharaoh's...
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Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date690–664 B.C.
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Portrait of Taharqa, detail of low...
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Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date690–664 B.C.
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyphic
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Dimensions11.0 × 10.0 in. (28 × 25.5 cm)
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Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date690–664 B.C.
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 675–650 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBronze
Dimensions3.5 in. (9 cm) H
LocationNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
https://www.kulturarv.dk/mussam/VisGenstand.action?genstandId=11946654
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 716–701 B.C.
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsQuartzite
Dimensions26.0 in. (66 cm) H
LocationNubia Museum, Aswan, Egypt
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