Description: Provenance: Reverend W. Frankland Hood Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, formed in Egypt 1851-1861; acquired 23 November 1924 at the Hood collection sale, Sotheby's, London (lot 162) by William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951], New York; sold 1940 by International Studio Art Corp. (William Randolph Hearst Collection) to the Brummer Gallery, New York; acquired 31 March 1943 by Amherst College in exchange for the Assyrian relief (S.1855.3) gifted by Dr. Henry John Lobdell (Class of 1849).
Label Text: Numerous Roman burials were found near the New Kingdom temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (ruled 1473–1458 B.C.E.), which in Roman times served as a sanctuary to the Greek god of healing, Asklepios. Burial near this sacred site was considered to be auspicious. PJR, 2015
Tags: funeral rites and ceremonies; afterlife; ancient; archaeology; painting; portraits Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=AC+1942.84 |