Preliminary drawing of a head and foot

Unknown

ca. 2124–1504 B.C. · Limestone, ink · Egyptian Art

Blocks of fine limestone such as this were used to line the walls of the tomb chapel and provide a surface for the decoration. Visible here is the preliminary drawing of a head in profile and the front of a foot from the register above, meant as the basis for relief carvings that were never completed.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2124–1504 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, ink

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1914