Copy of the Bust of Nefertiti
Artist:
Tina Wentcher
(Australian, 1887 - 1974)
Artist:
James Henry Breasted
(American, 1865 - 1935)
Artist:
Gipsformerei der Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
(German, founded 1819)
Date: 1923
Medium: Plaster, pigment
Dimensions:
10.4 x 22 x 17 cm (base)
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Elizabeth Rodewald in memory of Caroline and George Bacon
Object number: 1988.2
DescriptionPlaster bust cast from a hand-carved stone replica of the original Nefertiti Bust, now housed at the Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and excavated from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt in 1912. Polychrome plaster bust in the form of a woman, who wears a crown and an elaborate collar. The bust reproduces damaged elements, including the ears, and shows the missing eye replaced. Base is painted to imitate the appearance of wood.
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In Collection(s)
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