![Dark grey statue of an Egyptian king and his wife with her arms wrapped around her husband.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/scaled_281_wide/s3/2021-08/SC227869_1680_0.jpg?itok=XfiKF2zL)
Journey back 4,500 years to the Giza plateau in ancient Egypt, where a group of artists and their patrons devised a new way of representing the human body in sculpture. Commanding in presence and sublime in aesthetic, their works represent a pinnacle of artistic innovation. For millennia, the Egyptians looked back on the sculpture of this period as benchmarks to follow.
鈥淢asterpieces of Egyptian Sculpture from the Pyramid Age鈥 tells the story of this artistic moment and the culture that shaped it through some of the singular landmarks of the Old Kingdom (2575鈥2150 BCE). The bust of Prince Ankhhaf, the man who oversaw the completion of the Great Pyramid, is the most convincing example of realistic portraiture to survive from the Old Kingdom. The pair statue of King Menkaura and queen is one of the most famous Egyptian sculptures in the world. These and every other work on display鈥攁ll of them undisputed masterpieces鈥攈ave been in the 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播鈥檚 collection since the first part of the 20th century, when they were excavated in Egypt by the Harvard University鈥揃oston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Through maps, diagrams, photographs, and firsthand accounts, this gallery also sheds light on how they came from Giza to Boston more than a century ago.
The adjacent gallery, 鈥淔aces of Ancient Egypt,鈥 illustrates the breadth of approaches sculptors took in creating distinctive likeness over 2,000 years of Egyptian artistic development. From the Twelfth Dynasty and the Late Period, respectively, the Josephson and Boston Green Heads are sensitive portrayals of a nobleman and a priest with startlingly realistic features. Meanwhile, a portrait of Pharaoh Amenhotep III from the Eighteenth Dynasty smiles broadly without a single crease in its cheeks, making it more of an elegant mask than a lifelike depiction.
- Egypt: Old Kingdom Sculptures (Gallery 113)
![Dark grey statue of an Egyptian king and his wife with her arms wrapped around her husband.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC227869_1680_0.jpg?itok=mUFjniWu)
Unknown artist, King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaura, 2490鈥2472 BCE
Greywacke. Harvard University鈥揃oston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition.
![Green colored sculpture of a man's head](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC38654_1680.jpg?itok=HZRC0-Wn)
Unknown artist, Head of a Priest (The Boston Green Head), Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 30, 380鈥332 BCE
Greywacke. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund.
![Large gray statue of seated woman](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC138062_1680.jpg?itok=XwaKLp6-)
Unknown artist, statue of Lady Sennuwy, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret I, 1971鈥1926 BCE
Granodiorite. Harvard University鈥揃oston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition.
![Quartzite bust of man's head.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC31561_1680.jpg?itok=-Tz0iWZo)
Unknown artist, head of Amenhotep III,聽Egyptian,聽New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III,聽1390鈥1352 BCE
Quartzite. Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Anna D. Slocum.
![White limestone bust of man's head.](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC197486_1680.jpg?itok=kdhZWefc)
Unknown artist,聽鈥淩eserve Head,鈥澛燛gyptian,聽Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reigns of Khufu to Khafra,聽2551鈥2528 BCE
Limestone. Harvard University鈥揃oston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition.
![Bust made of painted limestone](https://d1nn9x4fgzyvn4.cloudfront.net/styles/575x575_uncropped/s3/2021-08/SC39940_1680.jpg?itok=KBF_8pNb)
Unknown artist, bust of Prince Ankhhaf, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khafra, 2520-2494 BCE
Painted limestone. Harvard University鈥揃oston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition.
澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Mobile
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Download 澳门六合彩开奖现场直播 Mobile on Bloomberg Connects to hear from curators and conservators about the stories, history, and people behind these objects鈥攕ome of the most famous Egyptian sculptures in the world. Access the tour from home or bring your earbuds or headphones for the full in-gallery experience.