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Title	Nefertiti, profile, right side.
Creator	Tuthmosis (Egyptian master sculptor, active ca. 1340 BCE)
Date	1348-1336/5 BCE?
Cultural Context	Egyptian Ancient Egyptian African North African Middle Eastern
Style/Period	Egyptian (ancient) Amarna period New Kingdom (Egyptian) Eighteenth Dynasty
Subject	Portraits Queens Rulers Women Headdresses Crowns Jewelry Necklaces
Description	Portrait bust, from Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), [Egypt].
People Pictured	Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, 14th cent. B.C.
Material	Painted limestone Limestone Rock Stone (rock) Paint
Measurements	H: 20" (51 cm)
Technique	Sculpting Painting (image-making)
Work Type	Sculpture Portraits Portrait sculpture
Repository	Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum [at Charlottenburg] (Berlin, Germany) Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin, Germany)
Source	Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Abrams, 1995. (fig.3-38, p.120)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Stokstad courtesy: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 338-45.jpg
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