Artist's Sketch of Ramesses IV

Unknown

ca. 1153–1147 B.C. · Limestone, ink · Egyptian Art

This small artist's sketch shows a king, probably Ramesses IV, in the conventional style of the late New Kingdom wearing the blue crown. A student scribe has made a less than successful attempt to copy the profile on the same limestone flake. The sketch was found in front of the tomb of Ramesses IV in the Valley of the Kings.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1153–1147 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, ink

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915