The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Striding Figure of a Man

Striding Figure of a Man

c. 2440–2355 BC
(2647–2124 BCE)
Limestone with pigment
Overall: 80.3 x 31.8 x 22.9 cm (31 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 9 in.)
Private Collection 10.2022
Location: 107 Egyptian

Did You Know?

This figure comes from a tomb in Giza (Egypt), near the Pyramid of Khufu.

Description

Carved from a single block of limestone, this statue depicts a man in the classic Egyptian striding pose, with left leg advanced and arms by his sides. He wears a short, curled wig and a belted knee-length kilt, knotted in the front. Abundant pigment remains on the sculpture, including red (legs and other exposed skin), yellow (kilt), blue and turquoise (belt knot and tab), and black (wig, back pillar, and base). The statue is uninscribed, but probably represents Weri, the name carved into the base of a similar but smaller figure found in the same tomb.
  • 1913
    Excavated 1913 by Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts
    1913-1921
    The Egyptian Government
    1921-1978
    Assigned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, by the Egyptian Government
    December 14th, 1978
    (Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 14th, 1978, lot 304)
    1978-1996
    British Rail Pension Fund, United Kingdom
    July 2nd, 1996
    (Sotheby's, London, July 2nd, 1996, no. 52)
    1996-2022
    Private American Collection
    27 January 2022
    (Sale: Sotheby's New York, 27 January 2022, Lot 17)
    2022-
    Private Collection, Chicago
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    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and William Stevenson Smith. Ancient Egypt As Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1960. p. 56
    Porter, Bertha, Rosalind L. B. Moss, Ethel W. Burney, and Jaromír Málek. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. 1960. p. 93
    Markowitz, Yvonne J., Joyce L. Haynes, and Rita E. Freed. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids: Highlights from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition. Boston, Mass: MFA Publications, 2002. p. 86-91
    Digital Giza, Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2415, Harvard University, 2022. giza.fas.harvard.edu
  • New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (November 1996-May 2021).
    Glasgow, Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery (November 1982-June 1993).
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