Lady Tjepu
ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
One of the most remarkable paintings to survive from ancient Egypt, this depiction of the noblewoman Tjepu came from a tomb built for her son Nebamun and a man named Ipuky. Egyptian artists usually did not depict individuals as they truly looked, but rather as eternally youthful, lavishly dressed, and in an attitude of repose.
Tjepu was about forty years old when this painting was executed, but she is shown in what was the height of youthful fashion during the reign of Amunhotep III: a perfumed cone on her heavy wig, a delicate side tress, and a semitransparent, fringed linen dress.
Tjepu was about forty years old when this painting was executed, but she is shown in what was the height of youthful fashion during the reign of Amunhotep III: a perfumed cone on her heavy wig, a delicate side tress, and a semitransparent, fringed linen dress.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone, gesso, pigment
- Locations
- Place excavated: Thebes, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 14 13/16 x 9 7/16 in. (37.6 x 24 cm)
- Accession Number
- 65.197
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt, Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
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