Preliminary drawing for a relief

Unknown

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

Preliminary drawing for a relief — Unknown

Blocks of fine limestone were used to line the walls of the tomb chapel and provide a surface for the decoration. Visible on this fragment is part of a line drawing meant as the basis for a relief carving that was never completed.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Medium
Limestone
Department
Egyptian Art
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1914

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