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Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family

Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family

c. 1279–1257 BCE
(1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II (1279–1213 BCE)
Overall: 128 x 119.5 cm (50 3/8 x 47 1/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This scene conveys ultimate fashionable taste during the reign of Ramesses II in the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 BCE). Chief physician Amenhotep (far right), walks with his family, their arms raised, adoring the gods. Amenhotep wears a pleated sash kilt over a bag tunic weighed down by a broad collar. The woman behind him, presumably his wife Retenutet, wears a complex kalasiris dress, also secured by a collar. Little physical evidence remains of ancient Egyptian ensembles, so depictions of clothing like this relief are the basis for Egyptomania fashion like the Chanel dress in the center of this gallery.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Martha L. Carter. Egyptian Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1963. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 10-11 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 4 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 4 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 14 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 4 archive.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 250-251; Mentioned: p. 250-252
    Berman, Lawrence M., "New Look at Ancient Egypt", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 39 no. 01, January 1999 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).
    CMA, 25 November 1963-5 January 1964, Year in Review for 1963, cat.: CMA Bulletin 50, no. 10 (December 1963), no. 84, illus. p. 264
    Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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