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Source Description
Traces of red grid lines can be seen in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall. It depicts a half-kneeling, half-squatting, woman in front of an offering table. The grid was used in ancient Egypt to assure the right proportions and layout of paintings and reliefs.
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Document identity
localId
23169
label
Woman Kneeling Before an Offering Table
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23169
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Woman Kneeling Before an Offering Table
description
Traces of red grid lines can be seen in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall. It depicts a half-kneeling, half-squatting, woman in front of an offering table. The grid was used in ancient Egypt to assure the right proportions and layout of paintings and reliefs.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1450 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
mural paintings
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29.5
height
23.4
depth
2.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 5/8 x W: 9 3/16 x D: 1 1/8 in. (29.5 x 23.4 x 2.8 cm); H within frame: 11 x W: 9 in. (27.9 x 22.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
distemper paint on mud plaster
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2176
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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